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• Wong, E. H.
  Correlations Between Earthquake Damage and Strong Ground Motion.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., May 1975, 87 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-23
  Keywords: Seismic design; Damage assessment; California; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; San Fernando earthquake; Buildings; Los Angeles (California); Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis

• Munroe, T.; Blair, C.
  Economic Impact in Seismic Design Decision Analysis: A Preliminary Investigation.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., June 1975, 100 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-25
  Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Damage assessment; Benefit cost analysis; Puget Sound; Seismic risk; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Buildings; Economic impact; San Francisco (California); Decision making; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes

• Veneziano, D.
  Probabilistic and Statistical Models for Seismic Risk Analysis.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., July 1975, 156 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-34
  Keywords: Probability theory; Seismic design; Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Massachusetts; Seismic risk; Earth movements; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Risk; Nuclear power plants; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes

• Friedman, D. G.
  Computer Simulation in Natural Hazard Assessment.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 213 p.
  Keywords: Damage; Hurricanes; Natural resources; Wind; Disasters; Tornadoes; Disaster relief; Weather forecasting; Storms; Research management; Computerized simulation; Flooding; Hazards; Vulnerability; Forecasting; Land use; Casualties; Warning systems; Hail; Geophysics; Droughts; Earthquakes

• Ayre, R. S.; Mileti, D. S.; Trainer, P. B.
  Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards in the United States: A Research Assessment.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 169 p.
  Keywords: Damage; Landslides; Disasters; Disaster relief; Tsunamis; Research management; Mathematical models; Earthquake warning systems; Wave forecasting; Hazards; Geological faults; California; Forecasting; Land use; Pacific Coast; Warning systems; Alaskan Coast; Seismology; Earthquakes

• Hsieh, T.; Okrent, D.; Apostolakis, G. E.
  On the Average Probability Distribution of Peak Ground Acceleration in the U.S. Continent Due to Strong Earthquakes.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., March 1975, 45 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7516
  Keywords: Probability theory; Probability distribution functions; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Earth movements; United States; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Site surveys; Nuclear power plants; Eastern United States; Earthquakes

• Walker, W. R.; Cox, W. E.
  Deep Well Injection of Industrial Wastes: Government Controls and Legal Constraints.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1976, 171 p.
  Keywords: ; Constraining; Depth; Environmental impacts; Injection wells; Industrial wastes; Regulations; Policies; Ground water; Geologic structures; Law (Jurisprudence); Waste disposal; National government; Pollution; Legislation; Refuse; Industries; Earthquakes

• Seismicity Report on Black Rock Desert Project - Northwest Nevada.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., August 1974, 34 p.
  Keywords: Geophysical surveys; Seismometers; Nevada; Geothermal prospecting; Gerlach (Nevada); Seismic detection; Epicenters; Seismic arrays; Seismic prospecting; Northwest Region (Nevada); Instrumentation; Seismological stations; Seismic surveys; Earthquakes

• Combs, J.
  Microearthquake Investigation of the Mesa Geothermal Anomaly, Imperial Valley, California.
  Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D.C.; National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., June 1974, 40 p.
  Identifying Number(s): IGPP-UCR-74-25
  Keywords: ; Imperial Valley; Tectonics; Geothermal prospecting; California; Fluid infiltration; Pressure; Seismic prospecting; Earthquakes; Geophysical prospecting; Faults (Geology)

• Ray, D.; Pister, K. S.; Polak, E.
  Sensitivity Analysis for Hysteretic Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., February 1976, 62 p.
  Identifying Number(s): EERC-76-12
  Keywords: Earthquake resistant structures; Sensitivity analysis; Mechanical hysteresis; Earth movements; Dynamic response; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; Vector analysis; Design criteria; Earthquakes; Dynamic structural analysis