Engineering geological advances in Japan for the new millennium

• Other Authors: Kanaori, Yūji, 1951-, Tanaka, Kazuhiro, 1951-, Chigira, Masahiro.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Elsevier Science BV, 2000.
• Series: Developments in geotechnical engineering ; 84.
• Subjects: Engineering geology > Japan.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780080530925; 0080530923; 9780444505057; 0444505059; 1281048429; 9781281048424; 9786611048426; 6611048421
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

The geology of the Japanese Islands is enormously complicated because of the active tectonism that has taken place on the boundary between the Pacific and Eurasian plates. Geological formations there are intricately deformed and displaced by many active faults. Hence, in planning for and siting larg...