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The 2012 Australian Earthquake Hazard Map
This document presents a new set of earthquake hazard maps for consideration in the next revision of the earthquake loading code AS1170.4 "Structural design actions: Part 4... -
The Rabaul Earthquake Location and Caldera Structure (RELACS) Program :...
A component of the PNG-Australia Volcanological Services Support (VSS) Project funded by AusAID -
Development of the Australian National Regolith Site Classification Map
A key recommendation of the Council of Australian Governments review into natural disaster management arrangements in Australia is that a five-year national program of... -
Defining an active fault in the Australian intraplate context, with some...
Defining a neotectonic fault in the intraplate context is relatively straightforward - the fault must have hosted displacement in the current crusta stress regime. Defining an... -
Investigation of hot gas emissions from Koranga volcano, Papua New Guinea, in 1967
Hot emissions of mainly sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide took place from a mound in Koranga open cut, near Wau, following a landslide at the end of May, 1967. Rocks of the... -
Community risk in Gladstone: a multi-hazard risk assessment
The report is the fourth in a series of multi-hazard case studies by the Geoscience Australia Cities Project. It is a summary report which considers tropical cyclone, including... -
Natural hazards and the risks they pose to Southeast Queensland
Community risk within the Southeast Queensland region is investigated for: tropical cyclones and storm tide, east coast lows, thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and severe wind,... -
A Regional Review of Coastal Hazards Along the South West Coast of Western Australia
The south-west coast of Western Australia is made up of a series of exposed limestone headlands which are prone to the development of cliff lines and large overhangs. Coastal... -
Preliminary catalogue of tsunamis for the New Guinea/Solomon Islands region,...
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Australia's seismogenic neotectonic record: a case for heterogeneous...
Australia's rich neotectonic record provides an opportunity to better understand the characteristics of seismogenic intraplate deformation, both at the scale of a single... -
Australian Flood Risk Information Portal - Data Entry Guidelines November 2014
The Australian Flood Studies Database is available on line by Geoscience Australia via the Australian Flood Risk Information Portal. The database provides metadata on Australian... -
Quantitive landslide risk assessment of Cairns
This is a report describing a quantitative landslide risk assessment carried out in the Cairns area as part of the AGSO Cities Project. The study objective is to provide... -
Temporal clustering of surface ruptures on stable continental region faults:...
A characteristic of Australian stable continental region (SCR) faults appears to be the temporal clustering of surface rupturing earthquakes. With the possible exception of... -
Cyclone Larry Forum Report - James Cook University - Townsville Campus, 7 April 2006
Cyclone Larry Forum was held at James Cook University, Townsville Campus on 7 April 2006. Preliminary results from post-impact surveys conducted in the aftermath of Severe... -
Stochastic ground-motion prediction equations for southeastern Australian...
Stochastic finite-fault ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs) are developed for the stable continental region of southeastern Australia (SEA). The models are based on... -
Community risk in Mackay: a multi hazard risk assessment
Mackay, in Central Queensland, lies about mid way between Brisbane and Cairns and with a resident population around 71,400. The Mackay urban area, which is the focus of this... -
Australian seismological report, 1998
The report summarises earthquake and tsunami information worldwide in 1998 but with a focus on Australia for use by scientists, engineers and the public. Maps of the seismicity... -
Re-evaluating the seismic hazard potential of the northern Lapstone...
Based upon a structural model for the LSC involving a large west-dipping thrust fault beneath the Lapstone Monocline, a recent study of seismic hazard in the Sydney Basin... -
Earthquakes in the Canberra Region
This booklet is an update of Earthquakes in the Canberra Region published by the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO, now Geoscience Australia) and the ACT Emergency... -
Site Classification for Earthquake Hazard and Risk Assessment in Australia
One of the more important observations from the 1989 Newcastle earthquake in Australia was the spatial distribution of earthquake damage, which was strongly related to...