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  • Ellen, S. D.; Wentworth, C. M.
    Hillside Materials and Slopes of the San Francisco Bay Region.
    January 1995, 223 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/PP-1357
    Keywords: Hillside materials; Materials units; Weathering phases; California; Physical properties; Unit descriptions; San Francisco Bay region; Stratigraphic thickness; Slopes; Composition

  • Bakun, W. H.
    Historical Seismicity in the South San Francisco Bay Region.
    January 2009, 39 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1151-V1-1
    Keywords: Locations (Intensity centers); California; San Francisco Bay Region; Moment magnitude M; Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) assignments; Maps; Seismicity; Earthquakes; Uncertainities

  • Yanev, P. I.; Scawthorn, C. R.
    Hokkaido Nansei-oki, Japan Earthquake of July 12, 1993.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., December 23, 1993, 142 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NCEER-93-0023
    Keywords: Hokkaido; Liquefaction; Urban areas; Soil dynamics; Tsunamis; Soil-structure interactions; Damage assessment; Hokkaido Japan Earthquake; Aftershocks; Earthquake damage; Okushiri; Fires; Buildings; Seismic effects; Japan; Dynamic response; Ground motion; Ground subsidence; Structural response; Earthquakes

  • Sherrod, B. L.; Blakely, R. J.; Weaver, C.; Kelsey, H.; Barnett, E.
    Holocene Fault Scarps and Shallow Magnetic Anomalies Along the Southern Whidbey Island Fault Zone Near Woodinville, Washington.
    January 2005, 40 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2005-1136
    Keywords: Woodinville (Washington); Holocene fault scarps; Fault scarps; Southern Whidbey Island Fault Zone; Research; Magnetic anomalies; Aeromagnetic anomalies; Excavations; Earthquakes; Ground-magnetic survey; Prehistoric deformation; Paleoseismology; Shallow magnetic anomalies

  • 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: Regulations; Disasters; Risk; Real property; Security; Loans; Mortgages; Earthquakes

  • Homebuilder's Guide to Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., June 2006, 226 p.
    Keywords: Chimneys; Seismic design; Two-family houses; Home contents; Lessons learned; Fireplaces; Requirements; One-family houses; Foundations; Floor construction; Foundation walls; Balconies; Best practices; Homebuilder's guide; Roof-ceiling systems; Design; Earthquake resistance; Walls; Existing houses; Anchorage; Construction

  • Bolin, R.
    Household and Community Recovery After Earthquakes. Program on Environment and Behavior.
    National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1994, 122 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-877943-11-8
    Keywords: Emergency response; Ethnic groups; Whittier Narrows Earthquake; Families; Earthquake damage; Community planning; Recovery; Social effect; Economic impact; Households; Disaster relief; Local planning; Social psychology; Human behavior; Local government; Southern region (California); Communities; Earthquakes

  • de Neufville, R.
    How Do We Evaluate and Choose Between Alternative Codes for Design and Performance.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 38 p.
    Identifying Number(s): MIT-CE-R75-3
    Keywords: Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Safety factor; Benefit cost analysis; Probability density functions; Seismic risk; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Risk; Building codes; Seismic design decision analysis; Earthquakes

  • Bieniawski, A.; Todd, D.
    How-To Suggestions for Implementing Executive Order 12941 on Seismic Safety of Existing Federal Buildings, A Handbook.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Mitigation and Research., November 1995, 214 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NISTIR-5770
    Keywords: ; Cost analysis; Seismic design; Inventories; Earthquake resistance; Retrofitting; Cost estimates; Safety engineering; Structural design; Design standards; Earthquake engineering; Regulatory guides; Federal buildings; Reinforcement (Structures); Building codes

  • Hurricane Warning: The Critical Need for a National Hurricane Research Initiative.
    January 2007, 40 p.
    Identifying Number(s): NSB-06-115
    Keywords: ; Natural disasters; Hurricanes; Disasters; Economic impact; Hazards; Infrastructure; Losses