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... communities . Portland , Oreg . , Seattle , Wash . , and Memphis , Tenn . , all are located in earthquake - prone areas . The lessons learned from the Northridge earthquake about the levels of strong ground shaking produced by a ...
... communities . Portland , Oreg . , Seattle , Wash . , and Memphis , Tenn . , all are located in earthquake - prone areas . The lessons learned from the Northridge earthquake about the levels of strong ground shaking produced by a ...
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... communities were inundated by floodwaters as numerous streams reached peak stages and discharges far greater than those of previous known floods . Montezuma and Newton , Ga . , were almost entirely encompassed by floodwater from the ...
... communities were inundated by floodwaters as numerous streams reached peak stages and discharges far greater than those of previous known floods . Montezuma and Newton , Ga . , were almost entirely encompassed by floodwater from the ...
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... communities . The USGS is now focusing field , laboratory , and modeling studies on the effects of fresh- water flow on the estuary's chemistry and biology , the distribution and influence of con- taminants on estuarine invertebrates ...
... communities . The USGS is now focusing field , laboratory , and modeling studies on the effects of fresh- water flow on the estuary's chemistry and biology , the distribution and influence of con- taminants on estuarine invertebrates ...
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... community . During this period , the main backbone of the Internet was called NSFnet . In 1993 , the Internet was opened for commercial ( nonresearch ) uses . The commercialization of the Internet has created new methods and ...
... community . During this period , the main backbone of the Internet was called NSFnet . In 1993 , the Internet was opened for commercial ( nonresearch ) uses . The commercialization of the Internet has created new methods and ...
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... community , a high level of technical exper- tise was needed to operate the system . A recent technical development has helped solve this problem . A program called Mosaic , written at the National Center for Supercom- puting ...
... community , a high level of technical exper- tise was needed to operate the system . A recent technical development has helped solve this problem . A program called Mosaic , written at the National Center for Supercom- puting ...
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