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Earthquake Geology and Paleoseismology (Score: 1.000)

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) external research program The goal of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)is to mitigate earthquake losses by providing earth science data and assessments. Abstracts, program announcements and projects are provided for the external research program. (Score: 0.690)

Puget lowland paleoseismology Homepage for a paleosesimic field study of the geologic record of prehistoric earthquakes to evaluate seismic hazards in the Puget Lowland region with links to an Atlas and publications on historic earthquakes in the Washington and Oregon area. (Score: 0.460)

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About paleoseismology:

Definition: The science of identifying, characterizing and dating past earthquakes in the geological record and the internal structure of fault zones. [Adapted from link]