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Geographic relations of landslide distribution and assessment of landslide hazards in the Blanco, Cibuco, and Coamo basins, Puerto Rico Geographic relations of landslide distribution and assessment of landslide hazards in the Blanco, Cibuco, and Coamo basins, Puerto Rico
Landslide occurrence is common in mountainous areas of Puerto Rico where mean annual rainfall and the frequency of intense storms are high and hillslopes are steep. Each year, landslides cause extensive damage to property and occasionally result in loss of life. Landslide maps developed from 1:20,000 scale aerial photographs in combination with a computerized geographic information...
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M. C. Larsen, A. J. Torres-Sanchez
New trends in active faulting studies for seismic hazard assessment New trends in active faulting studies for seismic hazard assessment
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Enzo Boschi, D. Giardini, D. Pantosti, Gianluca Valensise, Ramon Arrowsmith, Peter W. Basham, R. Burgmann, Anthony J. Crone, Alan Hull, Robin K. McGuire, David Schwartz, Kerry Sieh, Steven N Ward, Robert S. Yeats
Some facts about aftershocks to large earthquakes in California Some facts about aftershocks to large earthquakes in California
Earthquakes occur in clusters. After one earthquake happens, we usually see others at nearby (or identical) locations. To talk about this phenomenon, seismologists coined three terms foreshock , mainshock , and aftershock. In any cluster of earthquakes, the one with the largest magnitude is called the mainshock; earthquakes that occur before the mainshock are called foreshocks while...
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Lucile M. Jones, Paul A. Reasenberg
Chemical analyses of hot springs, pools, and geysers from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and vicinity, 1980-1993 Chemical analyses of hot springs, pools, and geysers from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and vicinity, 1980-1993
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J. M. Thompson, J.M. DeMonge
Rationale and preliminary operational plan for a high-altitude magnetic survey over the United States Rationale and preliminary operational plan for a high-altitude magnetic survey over the United States
A proposed high-altitude survey of the U.S. with an ER-2 to collect radar data offers an exciting and cost-effective opportunity to collect magnetic anomaly data. At this workshop, a group of magnetic specialists addressed this opportunity by discussing the need for high-altitude magnetic data and by formulating a preliminary operational plan to acquire such data. The high-altitude...
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T.G. Hildenbrand, R.J. Blakely, R. E. Bracken, Lynn Edwards, Doug Hardwick, W. J. Hinze, Vic Labson, Hal Malliot, Misac Nabighian, Bruno Nilsson, Jeff Phillips, J.M. Quinn, Walter Roest
Earthquakes, minerals, and me with the USGS, 1942-1995 Earthquakes, minerals, and me with the USGS, 1942-1995
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Robert E. Wallace, Stanley Scott
Scaling laws for natural disaster fatalities Scaling laws for natural disaster fatalities
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Stuart P. Nishenko, Christopher C. Barton
Ground-truth studies of west coast and Gulf of Mexico submarine fans Ground-truth studies of west coast and Gulf of Mexico submarine fans
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Homa J. Lee, Robert E. Kayen, Brian D. Edwards, Michael E. Field, James V. Gardner, William C. Schwab, David C. Twichell
Integration of orthophotographic and sidescan sonar imagery: an example from Lake Garda, Italy Integration of orthophotographic and sidescan sonar imagery: an example from Lake Garda, Italy
Digital orthophotos of Lake Garda basin area are available at the scale of up to 1:10,000 from a 1994 high altitude (average scale of 1:75,000) air photo coverage of Italy collected with an RC30 camera and Panatomic film. In October 1994 the lake bed was surveyed by USGS and CISIG personnel using a SIS 1000 Sea-Floor Mapping System. Subsystems of the SIS-1000 include high resolution...
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Giuseppe Gentili, David C. Twichell, Bill Schwab
Geology of the United States' seafloor: the view from GLORIA Geology of the United States' seafloor: the view from GLORIA
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James V. Gardner, Michael E. Field, David C. Twichell
Reflected seismic waves and their effect on strong shaking during the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, earthquake Reflected seismic waves and their effect on strong shaking during the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, earthquake
Our data indicate that critical and postcritical reflections from crustal layers and the Moho produced increased shaking at discrete distances along the San Francisco Peninsula during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. These reflections may have produced an increase in amplitude that is as much as 10 times greater than that of the direct arrival. Peak amplitude-distance patterns measured...
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Rufus D. Catchings, W.M. Kohler
Airborne hunt for faults in the Portland-Vancouver area Airborne hunt for faults in the Portland-Vancouver area
Geologic hazards in the Portland-Vancouver area include faults entirely hidden by river sediments, vegetation, and urban development. A recent aerial geophysical survey revealed patterns in the Earth's magnetic field that confirm the existence of a previously suspected fault running through Portland. It also indicated that this fault may pose a significant seismic threat. This discovery...
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Richard J. Blakely, Ray E. Wells, Thomas S. Yelin, Peter H. Stauffer, James W. Hendley