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DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITIES VERSUS FIXED HETEROGENEITIES IN EARTHQUAKE MODELS

Shaw B.E. (2004)

A debate has raged over whether fixed material and geometrical heterogeneities, or alternatively dynamic stress heterogeneities, arising through frictional instabilities dominate earthquake complexity. It may also be that ...
KALININGRAD EARTHQUAKE OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 AND SEISMIC HAZARD FORECAST IN THE BELARUSIAN-BALTIC REGION

Aronov A.G.; Seroglazov R.R.; Aronova T.I.; Safronov O.N. (2006)

The paper deals with the earthquakes that took place in the Kaliningrad region (Russia) on 21 September 2004 and were felt in the territories of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus and Finland. Data on space and ...
LANDSLIDE AND DEBRIS-FLOW HAZARD ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION USING GIS IN MINAMATA–HOUGAWACHI AREA, JAPAN

Wang Ch.; Esaki T.; Xie M.; Qiu Ch. (2006)

On July 20, 2003, following a short duration of heavy rainfall, a debris-flow disaster occurred in the Minamata–Hougawachi area, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. This disaster was triggered by a landslide. In order to assess ...
THE RESPIRATORY HEALTH HAZARDS OF VOLCANIC ASH: A REVIEW FOR VOLCANIC RISK MITIGATION

Horwell C.J.; Baxter P.J. (2006)

Studies of the respiratory health effects of different types of volcanic ash have been undertaken only in the last 40 years, and mostly since the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. This review of all published clinical, ...

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