United States Geological Survey YearbookThe Survey, 1990 - Geology |
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... Land Management wilderness areas and is continu- ing our cooperative efforts with the U.S. Forest Service to assess the mineral resources of National Forests . Water resources investigations , conducted in every State , were sup- ported ...
... Land Management wilderness areas and is continu- ing our cooperative efforts with the U.S. Forest Service to assess the mineral resources of National Forests . Water resources investigations , conducted in every State , were sup- ported ...
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... LAND SUBSIDENCE ENFORCEMENT + TSUNAMI AND SEICHE FLOOD ( DAM BREAK ) Types of actions that local jurisdic- tions throughout the Nation will take during the 1990's to make their communities more resilient to natural hazards . PHYSICAL ...
... LAND SUBSIDENCE ENFORCEMENT + TSUNAMI AND SEICHE FLOOD ( DAM BREAK ) Types of actions that local jurisdic- tions throughout the Nation will take during the 1990's to make their communities more resilient to natural hazards . PHYSICAL ...
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... land fills that apparently were better engineered . The Loma Prieta earthquake generated hundreds of landslides throughout a region of approximately 5,400 square miles ( see map , p . 3 ) . The epicentral region of the earthquake in the ...
... land fills that apparently were better engineered . The Loma Prieta earthquake generated hundreds of landslides throughout a region of approximately 5,400 square miles ( see map , p . 3 ) . The epicentral region of the earthquake in the ...
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... land loss may mask the importance of these extreme , yet short - lived events . Coastal erosion in a particular area , therefore , may be due primarily to a few major storms , or it may reflect less extreme but more persistent processes ...
... land loss may mask the importance of these extreme , yet short - lived events . Coastal erosion in a particular area , therefore , may be due primarily to a few major storms , or it may reflect less extreme but more persistent processes ...
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... Land and Natural Resources , in providing for orderly evacuation . Thus the USGS information was delivered to a single source and dissemi- nated consistently to all persons needing the information . The activity of Kilauea during ...
... Land and Natural Resources , in providing for orderly evacuation . Thus the USGS information was delivered to a single source and dissemi- nated consistently to all persons needing the information . The activity of Kilauea during ...
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