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  • Normark, W. R.; McGann, M.
    Late Quaternary Deposition in the Inner Basins of the California Continental Borderland. Part A. Santa Monica.
    January 2004, 30 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/SIR-2004-5183
    Keywords: ; Sampling; Core sites; Sediment cores; Faults; Landslides; Photographs; Santa Monica Basin (California); Radiocarbon dating; Continental slope; Sediment logs; Ocean drilling

  • O'Rourke, M. J.; Liu, X.
    Response of Buried Pipelines Subject to Earthquake Effects.
    January 1999, 276 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['MCEER-99-MN03', 'ISBN-0-9656682-3-1']
    Keywords: Hazards; Geologic faults; Underground structures; Structural response; Body waves; Earthquake damage; Pipelines; Soil structure interactions; Failure modes; Lifelines; Liquefaction; Ground motion; Buried objects; Seismic effects; Attenuation; Seismic surface waves; Dynamic structural analysis; Seismic waves; Landslides; Wave propagation; Mitigation; PGD (Permanent Ground Deformation)

  • Spiker, E. C.; Gori, P. L.
    National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: A Framework for Loss Reduction.
    September 2000, 60 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-450
    Keywords: Mapping; Hazards; Risk assessment; Losses; Control; Costs; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Earthquakes; Land use; Federal government; Emergency preparedness; Monitoring; Strategies; Reduction; Compliance; Fires; Disasters; Floods; Local government; State government; Landslides; Geological processes; Ground movements; Mitigation

  • State and Local Migitation Planning How-to Guide. Developing the Mitigation Plan: Identifying Mitigation Actions and Implementation Strategies.
    April 2003, 130 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FEMA-386.3
    Keywords: Hazard profiles; Loss estimation; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Mitigation actions; Floods; Tsunami; Tornado; Wildfire; Implementation strategies; Earthquakes; State government; Local government; Landslides; Losses; Identify hazards; Profile hazard events; Risks; Mitigation planning; Coastal storms; Natural hazards; Asset inventories

  • Petak, W. J.; Atkisson, A. A.; Gleye, P. H.
    Natural Hazards: A Public Policy Assessment.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1978, 541 p.
    Keywords: Floods; Wind (Meteorology); Hazards; Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Risk; Rivers; Damage; Government policy; Earthquakes; Storm surges; Landslides; Hurricanes; Tornadoes; Expansion; Cost analysis; Disasters; Soil water

  • Yanev, P. I.; Blume, J. A.; Arnold, C.; Brade, A. G.; Cooper, J. D.
    Miyagi-Ken-Oki, Japan Earthquake, June 12, 1978, Reconnaissance Report.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., December 1978, 170 p.
    Keywords: Sendai (Japan); Ground motion; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Seismographs; Earthquakes; Landslides; Miyagi-Ken-Oki earthquake; Earth movements; Liquefaction (Soils); Japan; Seismology; Structural analysis; Disasters

  • Chiu, A. N. L.; Danuatmodjo, A. S.; Hadiwonggo, H.
    Proceedings of the U.S.-Asia Conference on Engineering for Mitigating Natural Hazards Damage (2nd). Held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on June 22-26, 1992. Final Report.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.; Hawaii Univ. at Manoa, Honolulu.; Indonesia Disaster Management Center, Djakarta., December 1992, 90 p.
    Keywords: ; Storms; Wind (Meteorology); Buildings; Tsunamis; Meetings; Earthquakes; Structural design; Avalanches; Landslides; Engineering geology; Disaster planning; Volcanoes; Mitigation; Floods

  • Crawford, G.; Mofjeld, H.; Weaver, C.
    Puget Sound Tsunami/Landslide Workshop. Summary.
    Geological Survey, Seattle, WA. Water Resources Div., January 2001, 36 p.
    Keywords: Local planning; Hazards; Tsunamis; Meetings; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Partnerships; Ports; Landslides; Disaster planning; Puget Sound region; State planning; Bathymetry; Topography

  • Boyd, O. S.; Mueller, C. S.; Rukstales, K. S.
    Preliminary Earthquake Hazard Map of Afghanistan.
    January 2007, 29 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2007-1137
    Keywords: ; Population centers; Earthquakes; Afghanistan; Landslides; Construction standards; Geologic processes; Seismic hazard

  • Blair, M. L.; Vlasic, T. C.; Cotton, W. R.; Fowler, W.
    When the Ground Fails: Planning and Engineering Response to Debris Flows. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 130 p.
    Keywords: Response; Federal government; Debris avalanches; Damage assessment; Local government; Case studies; Debris flow; Emergency preparedness; State government; Emergency planning; Intergovernmental relationships; Recovery; Landslides; Slope protection; Mudslides; Slope stability; Slope failure; Ground failure; Mitigation; Disasters; Floods