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A general procedure for regional seismotectonic mapping for engineering purposes

Une procedure generale pour la cartographie regionale sismotectonique en vue de son utilisation en genie civil

  • IAEG Symposium “Engineering Geological Mapping for Planning, Design and Construction in Civil Engineering”, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 3–6 September 1979
  • Theme 2 Hazard Mapping in Risk Evaluation for Engineering Structures
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So that the advances in earth sciences, particularly in tectonics and seismology, can be translated into terms helpful to planners having to cope with earthquake risk a generalised procedure for regional seismotectonic mapping for engineering purposes is developed. The procedure is particularised to a set of tasks, which can be undertaken with our current “state of the art” as the framework, while recognising the need to initiate spectral studies and use new techniques airned at better defining the geological and tectonic controls on current seismicity.

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Etant donné les progrès dans le domaine des “sciences de la terre”, plus concrètement dans la tectonique et la séismologie qu'on peut utiliser aussi très efficacement pour les planifications qui doivent tenir compte du risque de tremblements de terre, on présente dans ce travail une méthode de cartographie régionale sismotectonique, en vue de son application générale en génie civil.

Elle envisage une série d'étapes de travail, limitées par le degré de connaissance relatif à chaque instant, tout en considérant la nécessité de mettre en œuvre des études de plus grande ampleur et l'utilisation des techniques nouvelles pour une meilleure définition des contrôles géologiques et techniques de la sismicité.

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Gonzalez De Vallejo, L., Skipp, B.O. A general procedure for regional seismotectonic mapping for engineering purposes. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 21, 118–121 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02591551

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