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Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in southeastern United States Report on recommended list of structures for seismic instrumentation in southeastern United States

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Authors
Joyce B. Bagwell, Mehmet Çelebi, R. Elling, Charles Lindbergh, R.P. Maley, R. Pool, J. Radziminski, C. Simmons, D. Smits, P. Sparks, Pradeep Talwani

Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides

Annual losses in the United States, Japan, Italy, and India have been estimated at 1 billion or more each. During the period 1971-74, nearly 600 people per year were killed by landslides worldwide; about 90 percent of these deaths occurred in the Circum-Pacific region. From 1967-82, 150 people per year died in Japan as a result of slope failures. In the United States, the number of...
Authors
Robert L. Schuster, Robert W. Fleming

Fourier power spectra of the geomagnetic field for circular paths on the Earth's surface. Fourier power spectra of the geomagnetic field for circular paths on the Earth's surface.

The Fourier power spectra of geomagnetic component values, synthesized from spherical harmonic models, have been computed for circular paths on the Earth's surface. They are not found to be more useful than is the spectrum of magnetic energy outside the Earth for the purpose of separating core and crustal sources of the geomagnetic field. The Fourier power spectra of N and E geomagnetic...
Authors
L.R. Alldredge, E.R. Benton

Seismic measurements of the internal properties of fault zones Seismic measurements of the internal properties of fault zones

The internal properties within and adjacent to fault zones are reviewed, principally on the basis of laboratory, borehole, and seismic refraction and reflection data. The deformation of rocks by faulting ranges from intragrain microcracking to severe alteration. Saturated microcracked and mildly fractured rocks do not exhibit a significant reduction in velocity, but, from borehole...
Authors
Walter D. Mooney, A. Ginzburg

PERSPECTIVE ON LANDSLIDE DAMS. PERSPECTIVE ON LANDSLIDE DAMS.

The most common types of mass movements that form landslide dams are rock and soil slumps and slides; mud, debris, and earth flows: and rock and debris avalanches. The most common initiation mechanisms for dam-forming landslides are excessive rainfall and snow melt, and earthquakes. Most landslide dams are remarkable short-lived. In a sample of 63 documented cases, 22 percent of the...
Authors
Robert L. Schuster, John E. Costa
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