It has full coverage of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) material, with special emphasis on research reports from the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NERHP).
About External Research - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) invites research proposals that will assist in achieving the goals of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NERHP). The goal of NEHRP is to mitigate earthquake losses that can occur in many parts of the nation by providing earth science data and assessments essential for land-use planning, engineering design, and emergency preparedness decisions. The USGS participates in the NEHRP with the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the last having the lead role to plan and coordinate the national effort. In addition to activities performed by USGS staff, expertise in earthquake studies that exist outside the Federal Government is applied through a substantial program of grants, cooperative agreements and/or contracts with universities, state, regional and local government agencies, and private industry. External research is solicited in order to develop information, knowledge and methods which are relevant to the major program elements.
Included are reproductions of the annual project summaries from Fiscal Year 1995 through 2004, with extensive links to project and research documents and reports.
This incredible DVD-ROM set has over 180,000 pages, much of it reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The disc contains nearly 4 gigabytes of material in over 18,000 files!
Contents also include:
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program – Preparedness, Science and Technology, Glossary, Facts, Worldwide Earthquake Information, earthquake hazard reduction, survival information, news and highlights, Advanced National Seismic System, Archives, ground motion, much more. * National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project, producing U.S. national maps showing earthquake ground motions that have a specified probability of being exceeded in 50 years, used in construction design for earthquake resistance – Fault Parameters and Database
Our news and educational CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.
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