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  • Hwang, L. S.; Hammack, J.
    Japan Sea Central Region Tsunami of May 26, 1983: A Reconnaissance Report.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1984, 42 p.
    Identifying Number(s): CETS-CND-026
    Keywords: Tsunami; Ocean waves; Earthquakes; Coastal engineering; Natural disasters; Japan

  • Mileti, D. S.; Hutton, J. R.; Sorensen, J. H.
    Earthquake Prediction Response and Options for Public Policy.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1981, 165 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ISB/TEAM-31
    Keywords: ; Responses; Local government; Models; Earthquakes; Government policies; Behavior; Organizations; Forecasting

  • Palm, R. I.
    Home Mortgage Lenders, Real Property Appraisers and Earthquake Hazards.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1983, 170 p.
    Identifying Number(s): IBS/TEAM-38
    Keywords: Risk; Regulations; Earthquakes; Real property; Loans; Mortgages; Security; Disasters

  • Rubin, C. B.; Yezer, A. M.; Hassain, Q.; Webb, A.
    Summary of Major Natural Disaster Incidents in the U.S. 1965-85.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., September 1986, 50 p.
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Dam failure; High wind; Coastal areas; Deaths; Hurricanes; Flood waves; Wounds and injuries; Tables (Data); Storms; Water shortage; Debris avalanches; Rivers; Earthquakes; Federally-declared disasters; Statistics; Ocean waves; Snow; Mudflows; Floods; Disaster relief; Levees; Ice; Landslides; Natural disasters; Wind effects; Tornadoes; Insurance; United States; Drought

  • Scawthorn, C.
    Marmara, Turkey Earthquake of August 17, 1999: Reconnaissance Report.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., March 23, 2000, 206 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MCEER-00-0001
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Waste water; North Anatolian Fault Zone; Seismicity; Social impact; Earthquake damage; Earthquakes; Soil structure interactions; Medical services; Water systems; Infrastructure; Electric power; Soil mechanics; Lifelines; Marmara Turkey Earthquake; Ground motion; Marmara (Turkey); Geotechnical engineering; Industrial plants; Emergency response; Restoration; Structural analysis; Remote sensing; Natural gas; Transportation networks; Political aspects

  • Urban Search and Rescue in the Santa Cruz Area Following the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
    November 1992, 31 p.
    Identifying Number(s): FA-124
    Keywords: Earthquake damage; Damage assessment; Santa Cruz County (California); Earthquakes; Communities; Urban areas; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Emergency services; US FEMA; California; Search and rescue; Disaster relief

  • Audemard, F. A.; Machette, M. N.; Cox, J. W.; Dart, R. L.; Haller, K. M.
    Map and Database of Quaternary Faults in Venezuela and Its Offshore Regions. A Project of the International Lithosphere Program Task Group H-2, Major Active Faults of the World.
    International Lithosphere Program., January 2000, 82 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-00-018
    Keywords: Geologic faults; Earthquakes; Offshore regions; Digital maps; Maps; Venezuela; Quaternary folds; Data compilation; Quaternary faults; Data bases

  • Atwater, B. F.; Cisternas, M.; Bourgeois, J.; Dudley, W. C.; Hendley, J. W.; Stauffer, O. H.
    Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
    January 2002, 24 p.
    Identifying Number(s): CIRC-1187
    Keywords: Lessons learned; Tsunami; Ocean waves; Coastal areas; Emergency preparedness; Earthquakes; Credits; Strategies; Sources; Safety; Survival; Waves; Chile; Coasts

  • Assessment of Seismic Monitoring in the United States. Requirements for an Advanced National Seismic System.
    January 2002, 59 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ['CIRC-1188', 'ISBN-0-607-92932-4']
    Keywords: Ground motion; Information products; Geologic faults; Earthquakes; Infrastructure requirements; Requirements; Advanced National Seismic System; Monitoring; Seismic effects; Information services; Assessments; United States

  • Lindeberg, P.
    Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics.
    December 2001, 81 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-16-048220-8
    Keywords: ; Earth crusts; Climatic changes; Earthquakes; Geology; Earth movements; Plate tectonics; Surfaces; Earth atmosphere; Geophysics; Maps; Volcanoes