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Additional Materials
Table of Contents:
Generalized Books and Magazines
About Emergency Preparedness
About Preparedness in Schools and Offices
About Reducing Damage Within Buildings
About Making Buildings Safer
About Faults
About Regions at Higher Risk
About Regional Planning to Reduce Earthquake
Risk
About Anticipated Earthquakes
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1300 Clay Street, Suite 408, Oakland, CA 94612, (510)
286-0895.
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Generalized Books and Magazines
About Earthquakes
Earthquakes and volcanoes
A bimonthly publication of the U.S. Geological Survey available
yearly for $6.50 from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or by credit card at (202)
783-3238.
California Geology
A monthly publication of the California Department of Conservation,
Division of Mines and Geology available yearly for $10.00 from CDMG,
660 Bercut Drive, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Earthquakes
By Bruce Bolt, W.H. Freeman, New York, 1988, 282 pages ($13.95).
Earthquakes. By Bryce Walker, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia,
1982, 176 pages (out of print).
On shaky ground: America's earthquake alert
By John J. Nance, 1989, Avon Books, New York, 440 pages ($4.95).
Terra non firma
By J.M. Gere and H.C. Shah, 1984, W.H. Freeman, New York, 203 pages
($12.95).
Surviving the Big One, How to prepare for a major earthquake
4401 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90027, 1990 (revised),
1 hour, (800) 228-5238 ($19.95 + $3.50 P&H).
General Preparedness Information Kit
Seven brochures covering personal preparedness in houses, apartments,
mobile homes, high rises; preparedness for the elderly or disabled;
non-structural checklist, BAREPP, 1988 (ABAG P87059BAR, $2.00 including
P&H).
Safety and survival in an earthquake
American Red Cross, 1989, 52 pages ($3.00 from your local Red Cross
Office, or by mail from American Red Cross, Los Angeles Chapter,
2700 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057, $3.00 + $1.00 P&H).
The emergency survival handbook
American Red Cross, 1985, 63 pages ($3.00 from your local Red Cross
Office, or by mail from American Red Cross, Los Angeles Chapter,
2700 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057, $3.00 + $1.00 P&H).
Home earthquake preparedness
Many cities have booklets of similar title describing how to prepare
home and family for a major earthquake disaster in your neighborhood.
Check with your city Office of Public Safety or county Office of
Emergency Services.
Getting ready for the big one
Health Plus, 694 Tennessee St., San Francisco, CA 94107, 1986, 45
pages ($7.50 + $2.50 P&H).
Earthquake preparedness -- for office, home, family, and community
Lafferty and Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 1026, La Canada, CA 91012,
1989, 32 pages, (818) 952-5483 ($5.00).
Reducing losses from earthquakes through personal preparedness
By W.J. Kockelman, 1984, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
84-765, 21 pages (USGS, $2.75).
Earthquake ready
By Virginia Kimball, Roundtable Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica,
California, 225 pages, 1988 ($13.95).
NETWORKS, earthquake preparedness news
Periodic Publication of BAREPP (BAREPP, Free).
Earthquake preparedness activities for child-care providers
BAREPP, 1989, 54 pages (ABAG P89002BAR, $7.00 + $2.00 P&H).
Earthquakes: A teacher's package for K-6 grades
By the National Science Teachers Association, 1988, 280 pages ($15.00
+ $2.00 P&H from NSTA Publications, 1742 Connecticut Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 328-5800. Schools may obtain a free,
single copy from FEMA, Earthquake Programs, 500 C St., S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20472).
Living safely in your school building
Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
94720, 1986, 9 pages, (415) 642-8718 ($2.00).
Earthquake ready; preparedness planning for schools
BAREPP, 1990, 76 pages (ABAG P9002BAR, $8.00 + $2.00 P&H).
Employee earthquake preparedness for the workplace and home
American Red Cross, 1988, 12 pages ($1.00 from your local Red Cross
Office or by mail from Red Cross Disaster Services, 1550 Sutter
Street, San Francisco, CA 94109.
Earthquake preparedness: a key to small business survival
BAREPP, 1985, 8 pages (ABAG P85055BAR, $2.00 + $.90 P&H).
Corporate comprehensive earthquake preparedness planning guidelines
BAREPP, 1985, 48 pages (ABAG P87054BAR, $8.00 + $1.50 P&H).
About Reducing Damage Within Buildings
Reducing the risks of nonstructural earthquake damage: A practical
guide
1988, 86 pages (ABAG P87056BAR, $7.00 + $1.60 P&H).
Hazardous materials problems in earthquakes: Background materials
[preliminary version]
ABAG, 1990, 280 pages (P900001EQK, $12.50 + $2.50 P&H).
About Making Buildings Safer
Peace of mind in earthquake country
By Peter Yanev, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, California, 1990,
304 pages ($12.95).
Getting ready for a big quake, Special Report
Sunset Magazine, March 1982, p. 104-111 ($1.00 from Earthquake Reprint,
Sunset Magazine, 80 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025).
Home buyer's guide to earthquake hazards
BAREPP, 1989, 13 pages (BAREPP, single copies free).
Strengthening woodframe houses for earthquake safety
BAREPP, 1990, 36 pages (ABAG P90004BAR, $2.00 + $1.00 P&H).
Earthquake safe
By David Helfant, 1989, 55 pages ($8.95 + 1.50 P&H from Builders
Booksources, 1817 Fourth St., Berkeley, CA 94710, (415) 845-6874).
Rapid visual screening of buildings for potential seismic hazards:
A handbook
Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA-154, 1988, 185 pages (FEMA,
free).
Earthquake hazards and wood frame houses: what you should know
and can do
By M. Comerio and H. Levin, 1982, 46 pages ($6.44 from Center for
Environmental Design Research, 390 Wurster Hall, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720 (415)642-2896. Make check payable to "U.C. Regents").
The home builder's guide for earthquake design
By the Applied Technology Council, 1980, 63 pages (ATC, $17.50).
Professional Societies
for Architects and Engineers
About Faults
Fault-rupture hazard zones in California
Alquist-Priolo Special Studies Zones Act of 1972 with index to special
studies zones maps, California Department of Conservation, Division
of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42, 1988 (revised), 24
pages (CDMG, $1.00).
Living on the fault: A field guide to the visible evidence of
the Hayward fault
BAREPP, 1988, 16 pages (ABAG P88004BAR, $2.00
+ $1.00 P&H).
Living on the fault II: a field guide to the visible evidence
of the San Andreas fault
BAREPP, 1990, 16 pages (ABAG P90003BAR, $2.00 + $1.00 P&H).
Geology and active faults in the San Francisco Bay Area, a map
Point Reyes National Seashore Association, Point Reyes, California
94956, (415) 663-1155 ($3.00 + $2.19 P&H and tax).
Visit the Earthquake Trails at Point Reyes National Seashore,
Olema, California, and at Los Trancos Open Space Preserve, Page
Mill Road and Skyline Boulevard, Palo Alto, California.
About Regions at Higher Risk
The San Francisco Bay Area - On shaky ground - San Francisco
map set and text
ABAG, 1987, 32 pages, seven maps at scale of 1:125,000 (includes
San Francisco and Berkeley to Hayward) (P87001EQK, $8.00 + $2.00
P&H).
The San Francisco Bay Area - On shaky ground - Alameda and
Contra Costa Counties map set
ABAG, 1988, seven maps at scale of 1:125,000 (intended to be used
with the San Francisco map set and text) (P88002EQK, $60.00 + $2.00
P&H).
The San Francisco Bay Area - On shaky ground - Santa Clara
County Map Set
ABAG 1987, seven maps at scale of 1:125,000 (Intended to be used
with the San Francisco map set and text) (P87002EQK, $60.00 + $2.00
P&H).
Map set, 20-map blue-line ozalid set for entire nine-county
Bay Area
(Intended to be used with the San Francisco map set and text), 20
maps at scale of 1:250,000 (ABAG M80000EQK, $40.00 + $5.00 P&H).
Map set includes maps of fault surface rupture, fault traces, geologic
materials, anticipated ground shaking intensities for earthquakes
from 10 different possible sections of fault, maximum ground shaking
intensity, cumulative damage potential from ground shaking for 3
different types of buildings, dam-failure inundation areas, and
liquefaction susceptibility and potential maps.
Eight-map mini-set (part of the above set)
(ABAG M80001EQK, $20.00 + $5.00 P&H). Set includes maps (scale 1:250,000)
of fault surface rupture, geologic materials, anticipated ground
shaking intensities for San Andreas and Hayward faults only, maximum
ground shaking intensities, and cumulative damage potential from
ground shaking for three different types of buildings (Intended
to be used with the San Francisco map set and text).
Maps showing maximum earthquake intensity predicted in the
southern San Francisco Bay region, California, for large earthquakes
on the San Andreas and Hayward faults
By R.D. Borcherdt, J.F. Gibbs, and K.R. Lajoie, 1975, U.S. Geological
Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-709 (USGS, $4.50).
About Regional Planning to Reduce Earthquake
Risk
Flatland deposits - their geology and engineering properties
and their importance to comprehensive planning: Selected examples
from the San Francisco Bay region, California
By E.J. Helley, K.R. Lajoie, W.E. Spangle, and M.L. Blair, U.S.
Geological Survey Professional Paper 943, 1979, 88 pages (USGS,
currently out of stock).
Relative slope stability and land-use planning: Selected examples
from the San Francisco Bay region, California
By T.H. Nilsen,
R.H. Wright, T.C. Vlasic, and W.E. Spangle, U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 944, 1979, 96 pages (USGS, currently out of stock).
Quantitative land-capability analysis: Selected examples from
the San Francisco Bay region, California
By R.T. Laird, J.B. Perkins, D.A. Bainbridge, D.A. Baker, J.B. Boyd,
R.T. Huntsman, P.E. Staub, and M.B. Zucker, U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 945, 1979, 115 pages (USGS, $6.50).
Geologic principles for prudent land-use: A decisionmaker's
guide for the San Francisco Bay region
By R.D. Brown, Jr., and W.J. Kockelman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 946, 1983, 97 pages (USGS, currently out of stock).
About Anticipated Earthquakes
Earthquake planning scenario for a magnitude 7.5 earthquake on
the Hayward fault in the San Francisco Bay Area
California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology,
Special Publication 78, 1987, 260 pages (CDMG, $30.00).
Earthquake planning scenario for a magnitude 8.3 earthquake
on the San Andreas fault in the San Francisco Bay Area
California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology,
Special Publication 61, 1982, 160 pages (CDMG, $8.00).
Probabilities of large earthquakes occurring in California
on the San Andreas fault
By The Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities, U.S.
Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-398, 1988, 51 pages (USGS,
$9.75).
Probabilities of large earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay
region
By The Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities, U.S.
Geological Survey Circular 1053, 1990, 84 pages (USGS, free). Very
technical report for specialists only.
Predicting the next great earthquake in California
By R.L. Wesson and R.E. Wallace, Scientific American, v. 252, no.
2, 1985, pages 35-43.
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