News tagged with hazard maps

New liquefaction hazard maps of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California

New hazard maps for communities from San Jose to Palo Alto in Northern California delineate the probability of earthquake-induced liquefaction, based on three scenarios: a magnitude 7.8 on the San Andreas ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

One year after the Japan tsunami, USC engineers help California's ports prepare

On the one-year anniversary of the devastating Japanese tsunami, engineers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Tsunami Research Center are working with the State of California to better understand the damaging currents ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

LIDAR applications in coastal morphology and hazard assessment

Southampton scientists along with colleagues in New Zealand have used a sophisticated optical mapping technique to identify and accurately measure changes in coastal morphology following a catastrophic series ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0