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  • Earthquake Probabilities in the San Francisco Bay Region: 2000 to 2030. A Summary of Findings.
    January 1999, 60 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-99-517
    Keywords: Ground motion; Damage assessment; Risk assessment; Geologic faults; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; San Francisco Bay (California); Seismic events; Methodology; Probability; California; Disaster planning; Geologic history; Tectonics; Suburban areas; Urbanized areas

  • Toomey, D. R.
    Tectonics and Three-Dimensional Structure of Spreading Centers: Microearthquake Studies and Tomographic Inversions.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA., September 1987, 214 p.
    Identifying Number(s): WHOI-87-35
    Keywords: Global; Theses; Physical properties; Earthquakes; Rift; Accretion; Morphology; Tomographic inversion; Tectonics; Travel time; Microearthquakes; Mid-Atlantic Ridge

  • Solomon, S. C.
    Application of Laser Ranging and Vlbi Data to a Study of Plate Tectonic Driving Forces.
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC., May 30, 1980, 175 p.
    Keywords: ; Fourier series; Stress concentration; Elastic deformation; Finite element method; Equations of motion; Loads (Forces); Laser range finders; Very long base interferometry; Displacement; Mathematical models; Lithosphere; Tectonics

  • 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; Faults (Geology); Earthquakes; Geophysical prospecting; Geothermal prospecting; California; Seismic prospecting; Pressure; Tectonics; Fluid infiltration

  • Lutz, K. A.; Kiremidjian, A. S.
    Generalized Semi-Markov Process for Modeling Spatially and Temporally Dependent Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA., cJuly 1993, 102 p.
    Keywords: Seismic hazards; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Earthquakes; Faults (Geology); Site characterization; Earth movements; Forecasting; Markov processes; Structural geology; Mathematical models; Tectonics

  • Multidisciplinary Use of the Very Long Baseline Array. Proceedings of a Workshop.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC.; Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, DC.; National Geodetic Survey, Rockville, MD., February 1984, 202 p.
    Keywords: Earth rotation; Deep space; Meetings; Earthquakes; Astrometry; Very long baseline array; Spacecraft tracking; Polar wandering; Very long base interferometry; Space navigation; Plate tectonics; Geodesy; Tectonics; General relativity; Radio interferometers

  • Legg, 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: Tsunamis; Risk assessment; Coastal areas; Computer models; Faults (Geologic); Earthquakes; Sea floors; Seafloor lift; Risks; California; Deformation; Metropolitan areas; Tectonics; Ocean bottoms; Coasts

  • Walker, D. A.
    Tsunami Facts.
    Geological Survey, Honolulu, HI., January 1994, 96 p.
    Identifying Number(s): SOEST-TR-94-03
    Keywords: Knowledge; Civil Defense Warning System; Tsunamis; Education; Ocean waves; Tidal waves; Hazards; Earthquakes; Sea floors; Warning systems; Tectonics; Sea floor spreading; Seismic waves

  • Earthquake Probabilities in the San Francisco Bay Region: 2002-2031.
    January 2003, 235 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-03-214
    Keywords: Ground motion; Risk assessment; Geologic faults; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; San Francisco Bay (California); Seismic events; Methodology; Probability; Damagement assessment; California; Disaster planning; Geologic history; Tectonics; Suburban areas; Urbanized areas

  • Dewey, J. W.
    Seismicity of Afghanistan and Vicinity.
    January 2006, 62 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2006-1185
    Keywords: ; Catalogs; Macroseismic effects; Earthquakes; Afghanistan; Focal depths; Accuracy; Epicenters; Seismicity; Tectonics