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Title
California Earthquake Hazard Reduction
Creator
Commonwealth Club of California
Bolt, Bruce A
Date Created and/or Issued
1985-12-08
Contributing Institution
Hoover Institution
Collection
California Revealed from Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University
Rights Information
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Description
Bruce Bolt discusses the lessons learned from the two great earthquakes of 1985, in Chile and Mexico. They can help California improve the cost-effective mitigation of earthquake hazards in the state. He says that there is a lot of new knowledge that needs to be moved into practice. Bolt also talks about California's 5-year hazard reduction program, which the legislature was just enacting. Bolt was a professor of seismology and director of the Seismographic Stations at the University of California, Berkeley, 1963-91. Bolt is introduced (00:29), Bolt begins speaking (04:04), question and answer session begins (33:08).
Type
sound
Format
Sound
1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
2003c87_a_19851208
csth_000040
Language
English
Provenance
Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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