China's campaign to predict quakes
Article Abstract:
China's State Seismological Bureau has established a network of seismological stations and has had some success in predicting earthquakes. The program is strictly empirical and has a reported accuracy rate of 25% for medium- to short-range forecasts.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
United Nations, Earthquakes, Earthquake prediction
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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Government gives green light to four new facilities
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The Chinese government has approved funding for four major scientific projects. They are the Large Area, Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope, two synchrotron projects and a national seismographic network.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
Planning, Equipment and supplies, Synchrotron, Synchrotrons, Seismological research, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical spectroscopy, Telescope, Reflecting
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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Subjects list: China, Science and technology policy
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