International handbook of earthquake and engineering seismology
By: edited by William H.K. Lee ... [et al.].
Contributors: Lee, William Hung Kan, 1940-; International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior. Committee on Education.; International Association for Earthquake Engineering.
Series: International geophysics series -- v. 81, 81B
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Subjects: Seismology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Earthquake engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Earthquakes -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: International handbook of earthquake & engineering seismology; Earthquake & engineering seismology
Description: "The two-volume International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology is an encyclopedic overview of our present knowledge of earthquakes and engineering seismology. ... This comprehensive set is a resource library for structural engineers, geologists, geophysicists, seismologists, and other scientists and engineers with an interest in earthquakes."--BOOK JACKET, pt. A.

"Part A of the Handboook ... features 56 full-length chapters detailing the history of seismology, theoeretical and observational seismology, earthquake geology and mechanics, seismicity of the earth, and the Earth's structure."--BOOK JACKET, pt. A.

"Part B of the Handbook ... features 34 chapters detailing strong-motion seismology, earthquake engineering, quake prediction and hazards mitigation, and several detailed appendices."--BOOK JACKET, pt. B.

"The materials on ... [CD #1] contain supplemental information for Chapters 1-56, and are divided into six categories: (1) full manuscripts of which only abridged versions are included in Part A due to space limitations, (2) large data sets for further data processing and analysis, (3) full references of which only abridged versions are included in Part A, (3) appendices and figures, (5) out-of-print books presented in computer-readable files, and (6) graphics files used to create the Handbook Part A... However, some chapters do not have materials for archiving." "The materials on ... [CD #2] and ... [CD #3] contain supplemental information for chapters 60-90 (please note that some chapters do not have materials for archiving) and Appendix 3. ... the graphics used to create Handbook part B are provided...."--P. 1893, v. 2.
Notes: "A project of the Committee on Education, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior, in collaboration with International Association for Earthquake Engineering."

"The Handbook consists of two printed volumes (Part A and Part B) and three CDs containing supplementary materials"--Vol. 1, pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.