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Protecting Society against Catastrophic Earthquake
Losses
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute is pleased to
announce the publication of a 106-page book entitled Secur-
ing Society against Catastrophic Earthquake Losses:A Research
and Outreach Plan in Earthquake Engineering. A panel of
leading scientists and engineers from throughout the United
States, established by EERI with financial support from the
National Science Foundation, spent three years preparing this
plan. It presents a new comprehensive vision from the earthquake engineering community for the rapid development
and deployment of leading-edge research to create safer, more
resilient communities. The plan identifies new areas of basic
and applied science and engineering research that must be
investigated over the next two decades to protect life, property, and economic stability in the event of a moderate or
major earthquake anywhere in the United States. It includes
full funding for the Advanced National Seismic Network and
the George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation programs. Also included are 32 endorsement
messages from regional, national, and international organizations and many color figures. $15.00 plus shipping (and sales
tax for California residents). Telephone + 1-510-451-0905; email [email protected]; http://www.eeri.org/cds_pubLications/
catalog/(then Publications link under Categories, then Special Issues link).
Volcanic Earthquakes
mic monitoring of volcanic activity, and experience in
forecasting volcanic eruptions by seismic methods. 280
pages; $115. Elsevier, Amsterdam-New York-Tokyo; URL
htt p://www. elsevier,corn/i nca/p ubfi catio ns/sto re/6/7 / 2/8/8/
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Monitoring Shaking in Buildings
The Advanced National Seismic System, authorized by Congress, envisions a major expansion of earthquake monitoring
in buildings in the most earthquake-prone areas of the
United States. A new fact sheet from the United States Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program presents the
need for and benefits of enhanced seismic monitoring in
buildings. USGS Fact Sheet 068-03 (http://geopubs.wr.usgs.
gov/fact-sheet/fs068-03/) explains and illustrates how recordings from seismic sensors in buildings enable engineers to
design safer buildings, improve building codes, and rapidly
assess building safety following a large earthquake. Copies of
the fact sheet are available by mail from Susan Garcia, U.S.
Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 977, Menlo
Park, CA 94025, USA; telephone + 1-650-329-4668.
ATC Reports
Commentary on the Use of ATC-13 Earthquake Damage Evaluation Data for Probable Maximum Loss Studies of California
Buildings, ATC- 13-1. $30. All proceeds from the sale of this
report will be deposited in the ATC Henry J. Degenkolb
Memorial Endowment Fund.
Introduction to Volcanic Seismology (2003) by Vyacheslav M.
Zobin. Volcanic earthquakes represent the main and often
the only tool to forecast volcanic eruptions. This book is the
first monograph about seismicity at volcanoes. It describes
the main types of seismic signals at volcanoes, their nature,
and spatial and temporal distributions at different stages of
eruptive activity. The book begins with an introduction to the
history of volcanic seismology and discusses the models
developed for the study of the origin of volcanic earthquakes
of both volcanotectonic and eruption natures. The next three
chapters give case histories of seismic activity associated with
34 eruptions at 17 basaltic, andesitic, and dacitic volcanoes
throughout the world from 1910 to 1998. Chapters 8 to 10
describe the general regularities of volcanotectonic earthquakes, their participation in eruptive process, source properties, and the hazard of strong volcano-tectonic earthquakes.
The following three chapters are devoted to describing eruption earthquakes: volcanic tremor, seismic noise ofpyroclastic
flows, and explosion earthquakes, with a special discussion of
their relationship to eruptive processes. The final two chapters discuss mitigation of volcanic hazard, the method of seis-
Proceedings of Seminar on Seismic Design, Performance and
Retrofit of Nonstructural Components in Critical Facilities,
ATC-29-2. $65 for spiral-bound book; $35 for CD-ROM.
Applied Technology Council, 201 Redwood Shores Parkway
Suite 240, Redwood City, CA 94065, USA; telephone +1-650595-1542; fax +1-650-593-2320; e-mail [email protected];
URL http://www.atcouncit.org.
Mathematical Techniques
Mathematical Techniquesfor Engineers and Scientists, by Larry
C. Andrews and Ronald L. Phillips, bridges the gap between
formal mathematical education and real-world applications.
Designed as a self-study text as well as a useful reference, it
takes the reader from ordinary differential equations to more
sophisticated mathematics, such as Fourier analysis, vector
analysis, and random processes. The emphasis is on the use of
mathematical tools and techniques. ISBN 0-8194-4506-1;
hardcover; 820 pages; $88. SHE Press, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA; telephone +1-360-676-3290;
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can be downloaded whole or chapter by chapter. Information
about the book and download links may be found at http://
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Theory of the Earth Online
Don L. Anderson has made his book Theory of the Earth
(1989), which has been out of print, available on the Web. It
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