TY - BOOK ID - 88204928 TI - Engineering geological advances in Japan for the new millennium AU - Kanaori, Yūji AU - Tanaka, Kazuhiro AU - Chigira, Masahiro PY - 2000 SN - 9780080530925 0080530923 9780444505057 0444505059 1281048429 9781281048424 9786611048426 6611048421 PB - New York Elsevier Science BV DB - UniCat KW - Geology. Earth sciences KW - Engineering sciences. Technology KW - Earth Sciences KW - General and Others KW - Engineering geology KW - Geology KW - Engineering KW - Civil engineering KW - Geology, Economic UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:88204928 AB - 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 large construction projects, such as nuclear power stations, underground power stations, and the underground facility for High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW), more detailed investigations are necessary than in more stable parts of the world. Only then can assessments be made as to the long-term stabil ER -