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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: Hurricanes; Landslides; Drought; Tables (Data); Water shortage; Floods; Tornadoes; Disaster relief; Storms; Federally-declared disasters; Damage assessment; Wounds and injuries; Coastal areas; Snow; High wind; Statistics; Debris avalanches; Levees; Ice; Natural disasters; Insurance; Flood waves; Ocean waves; Mudflows; Rivers; Deaths; Wind effects; United States; Dam failure; EarthquakesAtwater, 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: Sources; Waves; Emergency preparedness; Coasts; Tsunami; Coastal areas; Lessons learned; Chile; Strategies; Safety; Credits; Ocean waves; Survival; EarthquakesLegg, 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: Risk assessment; Coasts; Tectonics; California; Coastal areas; Risks; Deformation; Sea floors; Ocean bottoms; Computer models; Tsunamis; Metropolitan areas; Seafloor lift; Faults (Geologic); EarthquakesHapke, 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: Geophysics; Geology; Coastal areas; Lithology; Research; Monterey Bay; Coastal hazards; Storms; Ocean waves; EarthquakesWood, 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: Statistical analysis; Tsunamis; Washington (State); Vulnerability assessments; Economic data; Coastal areas; Land cover data; Figures; Composite indices; Hazards; Tables (Data); Sensitivity; Strait of Juan de Fuca; Natural disasters; Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake; Exposure; Communities; Economic assests; Critical facilities data; Geographic information system tools; Population data; EarthquakesRaufaste, 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: Highway engineering; Bridges; Dynamic loads; Research programs; Wind engineering; Tsunamis; Dams; Coastal areas; Storm surges; Lifelines; Structural vibration; Retrofitting; Repairing; Meetings; Building codes; Japan; Seismic effects; Design criteria; Structural engineering; Wind effects; Wind pressure; Geotechnical engineering; Earthquake resistance; United States; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Foundations (Structures); Data analysis; Dynamic structural analysis