The San Fernando, California, earthquake of February 9, 1971 : a preliminary report published jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Series:

Geological Survey professional paper ; 733.

Geological Survey professional paper ; 733

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes--California--San Fernando.

Earthquakes.

San Fernando Earthquake, Calif., 1971.

California--San Fernando.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps

Distribution:

Washington : United States Government Printing Office

Place of Publication:

Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1971.

Contents:

Introduction / Arthur Grantz

An estimate of the damage / Reuben Kachadoorian

Geologic setting and activity of faults in the San Fernando area, California / Carl M. Wentworth and R.F. Yerkes

Main shock and larger aftershocks of the San Fernando earthquake, February 9 through March 1, 1971 / C.R. Allen [and others]

Precise locations of aftershocks of the San Fernando earthquake 2300 (GMT) February 10-1700 February 11, 1971 / Thomas C. Hanks, Thomas H. Jordan, and J. Bernard Minster

Aftershocks of the earthquake / R.L. Wesson, W.H.K. Lee, and J.F. Gibbs

fault-plane solutions of the February 9, 1971, San Fernando earthquake and some aftershocks / James H. Whitcomb

Microearhquakes on the San Andreas fault and aftershocks of the San Fernando earthquake / Christopher H. Sholz

Preliminary source parameter determination of the San Fernando earthquake / Max Wyss

Pattern of faulting and nature movement in the San Fernando earthquake / Barclay Kamb [and others]

Surface faulting / U.S. Geological Survey staff

Strains and tilts associated with the San Fernando earthquake / Pierre Jungels and Don. L. Anderson

Preliminary measurements of tectonic movement / R.O. Burford [and others]

Repeated surveys of small scale figures established across surface fault ruptures following the earthquake / John C. Lahr, Max Wyss, and James A. Hileman

Instrumental monitoring of post-earthquake fault movements (afterslip) / Robert D. Nason

Preliminary results from recording aftershock ground motion on alluvial deposits / Richard E. Warrick and William B. Joyner

Shattered earth at Wallaby Street, Sylmar / Robert D. Nason

Seismically triggered landslides in the area above the San Fernando Valley / Douglas M. Morton

Landslides in the vicinity of the Van Norman Lakes / T.L. Youd

Ground failure on the San Fernando surface away from obviously tectonic rupture zones / Robert V. Sharp

Methane seep off Malibu Point following the San Fernando earthquake / H. Edward Clifton [and others]

Oil and gas seepages and damage to oil field facilities related to the earthquake / California Division of Oil and Gas

Water-resources aspects / A.O. Waananen and W.R. Moyle

Damage to constructed works associated with soil movements and foundation failures / T.L. Youd and H.W. Olsen

Preliminary structural lessons from the earthquake / Henry J. Degenkolb.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (USGS viewed Jan. 10, 2018).

"Contributions from: California Division of Mines and Geology; California Division of Oil and Gas; California Institute of Technology; Earthquake Engineering Research Institute; H.J. Degenkolb and Associates, Engineers; Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University; U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Other Format:

Print version: San Fernando, California, earthquake of February 9, 1971.

OCLC:

595027898

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