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The San Fernando Earthquake of February 9, l971: Lessons from a Moderate Earthquake on the Fringe of a Densely Populated Region.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC., January 1971, 42 p.
Keywords: Ground motion; Building codes; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Dams; Highway bridges; Seismic design; Earthquakes; Land use zoning; Urban areas; Safety engineering; Earth movements; Seismology; Geological faults; Seismic riskCarydis, P. G.; Tilford, N. R.; Brandow, G. E.; Jirsa, J. O.
Central Greece Earthquakes of February-March 1981. A Reconnaissance and Engineering Report.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1982, 170 p.
Identifying Number(s): CETS-CND-018
Keywords: ; Geological faults; Damage assessment; Earthquake engineering; Seismic epicenter; Earthquakes; Bursting; Walls; Gulf of Corinth; Structures; Construction; Control; Seismology; Disasters; GreeceEarthquake Prediction and Hazard Mitigation - Options for USGS and NSF Programs.
Office of the Assistant Director for Scientific, Technological and International Affairs (NSF), Washington, D.C., September 15, 1976, 113 p.
Keywords: Hazards; Tsunamis; Hazard assessment; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Earthquakes; Earthquake warning systems; Earth movements; Seismic risk analysis; Predictions; Geological faults; Seismic wavesOkrent, D.
A Survey of Expert Opinion on Low Probability Earthquakes.
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 58 p.
Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7515
Keywords: Louisiana; Risk; Earthquake engineering; Ohio; Risk analysis; Earthquakes; Nebraska; Probability theory; Delaware; History; Site surveys; South Carolina; Nuclear power plants; Mississippi; Massachusetts; California; Oregon; North Carolina; Geological faults; Seismic riskCrone, A. J.; Wheeler, R. L.
Data for Quaternary Faults, Liquefaction Features, and Possible Tectonic Features in the Central and Eastern United States, East of the Rocky Mountain Front.
January 2000, 342 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-260
Keywords: Data bases; Geologic folds; Hazards; NEHRP (National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program); Information dissemination; Earthquakes; Geology; Seismology; Geologic structures; Rocky Mountain Front; Liquefaction; Geological faultsColvard, E. M.; Rogers, J.
Facing the Great Disaster: How the Men and Women of the U.S. Geological Survey Responded to the 1906 'San Francisco Earthquake'.
January 2006, 22 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-GIP-31
Keywords: Mapping; Damage assessment; Buildings; Aftermath; San Francisco (California); Earthquakes; Staffers; Emergency assistance; United States Geological Survey; Topographers; Fires; Geological faults; Federal government employeesBertero, V.; Shah, H.
El-Asnam, Algeria Earthquake of October 10, 1980: A Reconnaissance and Engineering Report.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1983, 250 p.
Identifying Number(s): CETS-CND-022
Keywords: Performance evaluation; Algeria; Earthquake resistant structures; Transportation; Earthquakes; Visual reconnaissance; Soil dynamics; Earth movements; Investigations; Structures; Socio-economic factors; Utilities; Recommendations; Design standards; Geological faults; Seismic wavesCherry, J. T.; Halda, E. J.; Hamilton, K. G.
A Deterministic Approach to the Prediction of Free Field Ground Motion and Response Spectra from Stick-Slip Earthquakes.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., December 1974, 47 p.
Keywords: Ground motion; Rock mechanics; Earthquake engineering; Seismic epicenter; Stress analysis; Earthquakes; Stress waves; Earth movements; Mathematical models; Geological faults; Dynamic structural analysisMatthiesen, R. B.
On the Development of Strong-Motion Instrument Networks in the United States.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., October 1978, 97 p.
Identifying Number(s): OPEN FILE-78/1024
Keywords: ; Seismic surveys; Buildings; Earthquakes; Evaluation; Instrumentation; Project planning; History; Site surveys; Seismic arrays; Structures; Seismological stations; Accelerometers; Seismometers; Planning; United States; Geological faultsSavy, J. B.
A Geophysical Model of Strong Motion for Large Ensemble Generation.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1981, 135 p.
Identifying Number(s): R81-6
Keywords: Ground motion; Sensitivity analysis; Earthquake engineering; Random walk; Earthquakes; Monte Carlo method; Earth movements; Mathematical models; Geological faults; Seismic waves