United States Geological Survey YearbookU.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1978 - Geology |
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... cities , particularly in the water - short Southwest , will be a prime contributing factor ; the desire to develop water supplies capable of weather- ing extended drought will be another . Large amounts of water will be required for new ...
... cities , particularly in the water - short Southwest , will be a prime contributing factor ; the desire to develop water supplies capable of weather- ing extended drought will be another . Large amounts of water will be required for new ...
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... city of Kodiak . The threat of a disaster has pro- duced only minimal direct costs , but indirect costs related to investment , planning , and city expansion have been sub- stantial ( Blackburn , 1978 ) . slides on the federally ...
... city of Kodiak . The threat of a disaster has pro- duced only minimal direct costs , but indirect costs related to investment , planning , and city expansion have been sub- stantial ( Blackburn , 1978 ) . slides on the federally ...
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... City of Los Angeles The best example of the success of a landslide hazard reduction program in the United States is that enacted by the city of Los Angeles . The experience there was long enough ago and has been docu- mented well enough ...
... City of Los Angeles The best example of the success of a landslide hazard reduction program in the United States is that enacted by the city of Los Angeles . The experience there was long enough ago and has been docu- mented well enough ...
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... city government wrote a grading ordinance which was adopted into law on October 17 , 1952. " This ordinance was based on state - of - the- art practices for large grading projects such as earthen dams and required the expertise of soils ...
... city government wrote a grading ordinance which was adopted into law on October 17 , 1952. " This ordinance was based on state - of - the- art practices for large grading projects such as earthen dams and required the expertise of soils ...
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... City of Los Angeles conducted a thorough analysis of the damage and slope failures to private property in the hillside areas caused by the storms in 1969 , as shown in table 1. The study compared the distribution of dam- age to ...
... City of Los Angeles conducted a thorough analysis of the damage and slope failures to private property in the hillside areas caused by the storms in 1969 , as shown in table 1. The study compared the distribution of dam- age to ...
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1976 Transition quarter acres activities Administration aquifer areas Argillite assessment Bureau California cartographic City coal coastal Colorado Commission completed County cover mapping Denver Department Direct program drilling earth science earthquake EIS's energy engineering Environmental evaluation exploration Federal agencies Federal and Indian fiscal year 1978 flood format geologic hazards geologic mapping geophysical geothermal ground water ground-water hazards hydrologic impacts Indian lands investigations land cover Landsat landslide Management Menlo Park ment miles million mineral resources mining National Center National Petroleum Reserve northern Great Plains NPRA Office oil and gas oil shale operations permafrost planning potential processes production Pronghorn quadrangle regional Reimbursable program Reserve in Alaska Resource Surveys Reston River Royalties scale seismic Service share sources South Barrow studies surface Survey's Telephone Number tion topographic Total tracts Transition quarter 1977 U.S. Geological Survey United users Water Data Water Resources Division