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• Whitman, R. V.; Vanmarcke, E. H.
  Damage Statistics from Japanese Earthquakes.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., May 1972, 10 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-9
  Keywords: Buildings; Earthquake engineering; High rise buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Tokachi Oki earthquake; Japan; Damage assessement; Statistical data; Tall buildings; Higashi Matsuyama earthquake

• Ackroyd, M. H.; Cornell, C. A.
  Optimum Seismic Protection for New Building Construction in Eastern Metropolitan Areas: A Review of Recent Studies on the Economic Value of a Human Life.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., March 1973, 17 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-31
  Keywords: Values; Earthquake engineering; Human factors engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Risk analysis; Casualties; Statistical data; Economic factors; Human life value assessment

• Ross, K. E. K.
  Proceedings from the Conference on Disaster Preparedness: The Place of Earthquake Education in Our Schools. Held in Buffalo, New York on July 9-11, 1989.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 31, 1989, 276 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-89-0017
  Keywords: Abstracts; Curriculum; Emergency preparedness; School safety; Earthquakes; Meetings; Instructional materials; School buildings; Public information programs; Disaster planning; Statistical data; Emergency programs

• Knopoff, L.; Kagan, Y. Y.; Knopoff, R.
  b Values for Foreshocks and Aftershocks in Real and Simulated Earthquake Sequences.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1982, 17 p.
  Keywords: Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Magnitude; Frequency distribution; Shock waves; Reprints; Statistical data; Seismic waves

• Wiggins, J. H.
  Fire Ignitions from the Whittier Narrows Earthquake of October 1, 1987.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., November 8, 1988, 63 p.
  Identifying Number(s): REPT-2020.1
  Keywords: Conflagration; Graphs (Charts); Earthquakes; Sources; Ignition; Forecasting; Intensity; California; Mathematical models; Los Angeles County (California); Fires; Statistical data; Whittier (California)

• Gandhok, G.; Catchings, R. D.; Goldman, M. R.; Horta, E.; Rymer, M. J.
  High-Resolution Seismic Reflection/Refraction Imaging from Interstate 10 to Cherry Valley Boulevard, Cherry Valley, Riverside County, California: Implications for Water Resources and Earthquake Hazards.
  January 1999, 62 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-99-320
  Keywords: Groundwater resources; U.S.Geological Survey (USGS); Structure; Schematic drawings; Investigations; Cherry Valley (California); Earthquake hazards; Statistical data; Stratigraphy; Seismic imaging

• Harr, M. E.
  Static and Seismic Lateral Pressures on Earth Retaining Structures - Appendices.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1982, 140 p.
  Keywords: MDMEP computer program; Computer programs; Earthquakes; Earth pressure; Lateral pressure; Foundations; Earth fills; Dynamic pressure; Structures; Static pressure; Statistical data

• Reed, J. W.; Whitman, R. V.
  San Fernando Earthquake Damage Statistics.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., August 1972, 33 p.
  Identifying Number(s): INTERNAL STUDY-13
  Keywords: Damage assessment; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Probability theory; California; Statistical data; San Fernando earthquake