United States Geological Survey YearbookU.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1979 - Geology |
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... earthquakes . The Disaster Relief Act of 1974 gave the Geological Survey the responsibility for warning State and ... earthquake- prone regions were underway for much of the Nation ; in- tensified studies were begun in San Francisco ...
... earthquakes . The Disaster Relief Act of 1974 gave the Geological Survey the responsibility for warning State and ... earthquake- prone regions were underway for much of the Nation ; in- tensified studies were begun in San Francisco ...
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... earthquake predic- tion , the reduction of the effects of earthquakes and other geologic hazards , and problems related to siting nuclear reactors and the disposal of hazardous wastes have provided even wider and newer fields to ...
... earthquake predic- tion , the reduction of the effects of earthquakes and other geologic hazards , and problems related to siting nuclear reactors and the disposal of hazardous wastes have provided even wider and newer fields to ...
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... earthquakes ; or to define geologically safe environments for the disposal of hazardous wastes . In view of the rising costs of its operations and the growing public pressure for immediate solutions to problems , the Survey must ...
... earthquakes ; or to define geologically safe environments for the disposal of hazardous wastes . In view of the rising costs of its operations and the growing public pressure for immediate solutions to problems , the Survey must ...
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... earthquake hazard mitigation and prediction is now well underway . Geologic hazards related to nuclear reactor siting are being investigated . In support of these extremely important mission pro- grams , extensive basic research is done ...
... earthquake hazard mitigation and prediction is now well underway . Geologic hazards related to nuclear reactor siting are being investigated . In support of these extremely important mission pro- grams , extensive basic research is done ...
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... earthquake ground motion . Large submarine slumps , up to 500 feet thick , have been mapped in northern California's Eel River Basin . Gulf of Mexico . - Four years of data gathered on the Mississippi Delta off- shore in the Gulf of ...
... earthquake ground motion . Large submarine slumps , up to 500 feet thick , have been mapped in northern California's Eel River Basin . Gulf of Mexico . - Four years of data gathered on the Mississippi Delta off- shore in the Gulf of ...
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activities appraisals areas Argillite assessment Azie Taylor Morton Barrow basin Bureau cartographic cartographic information Chief City coal Commission Conservation Division County cover map data base Denver Denver Federal Center Direct program drilling earthquake energy Environmental estimates evaluation exploration Federal agencies Federal and Indian Federal Bldg Federal lands fiscal year 1979 Flood funds geologic hazards geophysical Government ground-water Gulf of Mexico hydrologic Indian lands investigations Ixtoc Lake Landsat Landsat images located Menlo Park ment miles million mineral resources National Center National Petroleum Reserve Nevada NPRA Office offshore oil and gas oilspill operations Outer Continental Shelf percent photographs planning potential production Puerto Rico quadrangles Regional Reimbursable program Reserve in Alaska Reston River rocks satellite sediments seismic Service South Barrow STOP studies Survey's Surveys and Mapping Test tion topographic tract U.S. Geological Survey United Water Conservation District Water Data Water Resources zones