United States Geological Survey YearbookU.S. Geological Survey, 1983 - Geology |
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Page 38
... Hazards Surveys The eruption of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii , catastrophic landslides in Utah and California , and a damaging magnitude 6.5 earthquake near Coalinga , California , focused attention in 1983 on the Survey's Geologic Hazards ...
... Hazards Surveys The eruption of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii , catastrophic landslides in Utah and California , and a damaging magnitude 6.5 earthquake near Coalinga , California , focused attention in 1983 on the Survey's Geologic Hazards ...
Page 39
... hazards . Studies conducted under the Climate Program are progressing towards understanding the natural climatic history of the Earth . These studies provide the basis for assessing the effects of man's activities on long- and short ...
... hazards . Studies conducted under the Climate Program are progressing towards understanding the natural climatic history of the Earth . These studies provide the basis for assessing the effects of man's activities on long- and short ...
Page 45
... hazard appraisals in areas of population concen- tration . The lack of fatalities caused by landsliding was due in large part to the well - organized response of the Utah Survey in directing repeated evaluations of hazards in critical ...
... hazard appraisals in areas of population concen- tration . The lack of fatalities caused by landsliding was due in large part to the well - organized response of the Utah Survey in directing repeated evaluations of hazards in critical ...
Page 53
... hazard in the Eastern United States . Historic examples of violent eastern earthquakes occurred in Charles- ton , South Carolina , on August 31 , 1886 , and in the New Madrid , Missouri , area in the winter of 1811-12 . Extensive damage ...
... hazard in the Eastern United States . Historic examples of violent eastern earthquakes occurred in Charles- ton , South Carolina , on August 31 , 1886 , and in the New Madrid , Missouri , area in the winter of 1811-12 . Extensive damage ...
Page 54
... hazard mitigation measures in the East . First , the recently formed South Carolina Seismic Safety Consortium and the South Carolina Geological Survey were strongly encouraged to continue their ef- forts to heighten public and ...
... hazard mitigation measures in the East . First , the recently formed South Carolina Seismic Safety Consortium and the South Carolina Geological Survey were strongly encouraged to continue their ef- forts to heighten public and ...
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