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• Bernknopf, R. L.; Brookshire, D. S.; Ganderton, P. T.
  Role of Geoscience Information in Reducing Catastrophic Loss Using a Web-Based Economics Experiment.
  January 2003, 38 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/PP-1683
  Keywords: ; Benefits; Castrophes; Tornadoes; Floods; Public safety; Economic theory; Costs; Hazards; Assessments; Natural disasters; Insurance; Fires; Information systems; Losses; Geophysics; Geology; Risk management; Data analysis; Maps; Earthquakes

• Risk Management Series. Design Guide for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds.
  January 2004, 361 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-424
  Keywords: Education; Guide; School readiness; Education industry; Investment; Education policy; Floods; Schools; School safety; Safety; Management; Decision making; Education planning; Natural hazards; Protection; Earthquakes; High winds

• Risk Management Series: Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings. Providing Protection to People and Buildings.
  December 2003, 91 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-396
  Keywords: ; Structural collapse; Wounds and injuries; Catastrophic conditions; Risk management; Death; Buildings; Impact damage; Hazards; Safety; Hospitals; Rehabilitation; Seismic effects; Earthquakes

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

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

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

• Celik, O. C.; Berman, J. W.; Bruneau, M.
  Cyclic Testing of Braces Laterally Restrained by Steel Studs to Enhance Performance During Earthquakes.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., March 16, 2004, 256 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-04-0003
  Keywords: Braces; Hysteretic behavior; Literature review; Cyclic tests; Ductility; Cold formed steel studs; Earthquake engineering; Braced steel infills; Energy dissipation; Earthquakes; Mechanical properties; Displacement; Strength (Mechanics); Stiffness; Steel frames; Performance; Studs

• Crone, 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: Geologic folds; Geology; Data bases; Rocky Mountain Front; Geologic structures; Seismology; Hazards; Liquefaction; Information dissemination; NEHRP (National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program); Earthquakes; Geological faults

• Stoffer, P. W.
  San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay Area, California: A Geology Fieldtrip Guidebook to Selected Stops on Public Lands.
  January 2005, 138 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2005-1127
  Keywords: Geology; Public lands; San Francisco Bay Area (California); Field trip; Itinerary; Guidebook; San Andreas Fault; Trip; Earthquakes

• Hanson, S. L.; Perkins, D. M.
  Seismic Sources and Recurrence Rates as Adopted by USGS Staff for the Production of the 1982 and 1990 Probabilistic Ground Motion Maps for Alaska and the Conterminous United States.
  January 1995, 46 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-95-257
  Keywords: Probability theory; Risk assessment; Alaska; Ground motion; Hazards; Computer models; Seismicity; Recurrence; Earthquakes; SEISRISK-III computer program