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• Earle, T. C.
  Role of Information in the Judgment of Risks from Natural Hazards: Technical Description of Project and Results.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., January 1987, 67 p.
  Keywords: Whatcom County (Washington); Design; Water supply; Attitudes; Seismic waves; Seismic detection; Risk; Hazards; Washington (State); Multivariate analysis; Decision making; Mass communication; Earthquakes; Water pollution

• 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: Morphology; Microearthquakes; Tectonics; Travel time; Physical properties; Accretion; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Global; Rift; Theses; Tomographic inversion; Earthquakes

• ['Budhu, M.', 'Vijayakumar, V.', 'Giese, R. F.', 'Baumgras, L.']
  Liquefaction Potential for New York State: A Preliminary Report on Sites in Manhattan and Buffalo.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation., August 31, 1987, 46 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NCEER-87-0009
  Keywords: Soils; New York City (New York); Buffalo (New York); Boreholes; Seismology; New York; Ground water; Liquefaction; Soil dynamics; Penetration tests; Earthquakes

• Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction.
  January 1987, 113 p.
  Keywords: Forest fires; Emergency preparedness; Hurricanes; Volcanoes; IDNHR (International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction); Disasters; Floods; Fires; Hazards; Cooperative programs; Safety; Tsunamis; Firestorms; Earthquakes

• ['Whittaker, A. S.', 'Uang, C. M.', 'Bertero, V. V.']
  Earthquake Simulation Tests and Associated Studies of a 0.3-Scale Model of a Six-Story Eccentrically Braced Steel Structure.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1987, 425 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/02
  Keywords: ; Simulators; Steels; Collapse; Evaluation; Damage; Earth resistant structures; Prototypes; Mathematical models; Earthquakes; Engineering; Tests; Design criteria

• ['Evans, M. D.', 'Seed, H. B.']
  Undrained Cyclic Triaxial Testing of Gravels - The Effect of Membrane Compliance.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., July 1987, 437 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/08
  Keywords: ; Consolidation; Gravel; Thickness; Triaxial tests; Mechanical properties; Membranes; Pore pressure; Cyclic loads; Penetration; Hydrostatic tests; Modulus of elasticity; Tests; Earthquakes

• ['De Alba, P.', 'Seed, H. B.', 'Retamal, E.', 'Seed, R. B.']
  Residual Strength of Sand from Dam Failure in the Chilean Earthquake of March 3, 1985.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1987, 50 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/11
  Keywords: La Marquesa Dam; Motion; Failure; La Palma Dam; Performance evaluation; Chile; Stresses; Liquefaction; Soil properties; Dams; Slope; Earthquakes

• ['Seed, H. B.', 'Romo, M. P.', 'Sun, J.', 'Jaime, A.', 'Lysmer, J.']
  Relationships between Soil Conditions and Earthquake Ground Motions in Mexico City in the Earthquake of September 19, 1985.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., October 1987, 125 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/15
  Keywords: ; Sites; Clay soils; Mexico City; Magnitude; Secondary waves; Shaking; Soil properties; Response; Recording instruments; Motion; Accelerometers; Earthquakes

• ['Siddiqi, F. H.', 'Seed, R. B.', 'Chan, C. K.', 'Seed, H. B.', 'Pyke, R. M.']
  Strength Evaluation of Coarse-Grained Soils.
  National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1987, 64 p.
  Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/22
  Keywords: ; Soils; Gravel; Shear strength; Strength; Liquefaction; Cyclic loads; Dams; Soil mechanics; Earthquakes

• ['McGuire, W.', 'Abel, J. F.', 'Conley, C. H.']
  Workshop on Seismic Computer Analysis and Design of Buildings with Interactive Graphics Held at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York on August 3-5, 1987.
  National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 18, 1988, 43 p.
  Keywords: Computer systems programs; Computers; Computerized simulation; Computer systems hardware; Seismology; Research; Buildings; Graphic methods; Engineering education; Computer software; Computer aided analysis; Technology transfer; Simulation; Data processing; Meetings; Earthquakes