Reference:NATURAL DISASTERS

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NATURAL DISASTERS AND EARTHQUAKES

Geology 303 and other classes often need access to information about natural disasters.

"Earth Watch: A diary of the planet" (every Wednesday in the Union Tribune). Lists current natural disasters.

GEOREF database

See PAC under

• Natural Disasters

• San Diego -- Faults -- Geology

• San Diego County -- Earthquakes

Also see QE 522 area in Reference.

On Reserve are several government documents about earthquakes in San Diego. Look under "Gov Docs" in Course Reserves or do a keyword PAC search with "earthquake* and planning and scenario."

Earthquake Planning Scenarios (C 810 S59 Ref Gov Pubs/CA).

Earthquake maps (in the map cases)

Soil Survey, San Diego Area (Ref S 599.C2 S63) (and also in Maps Reference)

Southern California earthquakes: http://www.trinet.org/shake/ and http://www.data.scec.org/

Disaster! Finder http://disasterfinder.gsfc.nasa.gov/ - a comprehensive site from NASA, be sure to check under the section for "Type."

Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Ref QE521 .R58 2001)

World Atlas of Natural Hazards (Ref/Maps G1046.C1 M3 2004)

Information Please: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001437.html

http://www.cred.be/embib/ (Emergency Bibliographic Database EM-BIB)

http://powerreporting.com/category/Beat_by_beat/Disasters

http://education.usgs.gov/california/resources.html

NewsBank Newsfile Collection has a section called "Natural Disasters around the World"

Also see El Nino

RC/CAT

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