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• Raufaste, N. J.
  Wind and Seismic Effects: Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects (30th). Held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 12-15, 1998.
  August 1998, 636 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NIST/SP-931
  Keywords: Tsunamis; Dams; Coastal areas; Storm surges; Data analysis; Japan; Bridges; Earthquake resistance; Highway engineering; Design criteria; Design standards; Lifelines; Retrofitting; Building codes; Earthquake engineering; Meetings; Foundations (Structures); Research programs; Seismic effects; Geotechnical engineering; Repairing; Dynamic structural analysis; Wind engineering; Structural vibration; Structural engineering; Wind effects; Wind pressure; Dynamic loads; United States

• Hapke, C.
  Geology and Coastal Hazards in the Northern Monterey Bay, California Field Trip Guidebook, November 4, 2000.
  January 2000, 26 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-00-438
  Keywords: Storms; Ocean waves; Coastal areas; Coastal hazards; Earthquakes; Lithology; Research; Geology; Monterey Bay; Geophysics

• Wood, N.; Soulard, C.
  Variations in Community Exposure and Sensitivity to Tsunami Hazards on the Open-Ocean and Strait of Juan de Fuca Coasts of Washington.
  January 2008, 44 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-SIR-2008-5004
  Keywords: Geographic information system tools; Hazards; Tsunamis; Coastal areas; Composite indices; Vulnerability assessments; Figures; Tables (Data); Earthquakes; Exposure; Critical facilities data; Strait of Juan de Fuca; Sensitivity; Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake; Land cover data; Population data; Economic assests; Statistical analysis; Washington (State); Communities; Natural disasters; Economic data

• Rubin, C. B.; Yezer, A. M.; Hassain, Q.; Webb, A.
  Summary of Major Natural Disaster Incidents in the U.S. 1965-85.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., September 1986, 50 p.
  Keywords: Damage assessment; Dam failure; High wind; Coastal areas; Deaths; Hurricanes; Flood waves; Wounds and injuries; Tables (Data); Storms; Water shortage; Debris avalanches; Rivers; Earthquakes; Federally-declared disasters; Statistics; Ocean waves; Snow; Mudflows; Floods; Disaster relief; Levees; Ice; Landslides; Natural disasters; Wind effects; Tornadoes; Insurance; United States; Drought

• Atwater, B. F.; Cisternas, M.; Bourgeois, J.; Dudley, W. C.; Hendley, J. W.; Stauffer, O. H.
  Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
  January 2002, 24 p.
  Identifying Number(s): CIRC-1187
  Keywords: Lessons learned; Tsunami; Ocean waves; Coastal areas; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Credits; Strategies; Sources; Safety; Survival; Waves; Chile; Coasts

• Legg, M. R.; Borrero, J. C.; Synolakis, C. E.
  Evaluation of Tsunami Risk to Southern California Cities.
  January 2003, 68 p.
  Identifying Number(s): PF-2002-11
  Keywords: Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Coastal areas; Computer models; Faults (Geologic); Earthquakes; Sea floors; Seafloor lift; Risks; California; Deformation; Metropolitan areas; Tectonics; Ocean bottoms; Coasts