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Creator:: Cramer, Lori A., Cox, Daniel, and Wang, Haizhong
Abstract:: Experts are predicting a major rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) sometime within the twenty-first century. When that happens, it will cause an offshore earthquake at a magnitude of 9.0+. After the tremors subside (about 5 min), a powerful tsunami will strike land. Oregon is known for its strong...
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Creator:: Conway, Flaxen D. L. and Cramer, Lori A.
Abstract:: This chapter synthesizes more than two decades of interdisciplinary scholarship by the coauthors related to fishing families and coastal communities. Amid the contemporary narrative of increasing coastal storms, erosion, and other physical hazards associated with climate and related coastal hazards facing coastal communities, we find myriad ways that Oregon fishing...
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Creator:: Cramer, Lori A., Flathers, Courtney, Caracciolo, Deanna, Russell, Suzanne M., and Conway, Flaxen D. L.
Abstract:: Commercial fishing is deeply embedded in the economy and culture of many communities on the Oregon coast. Recent economic, environmental, and regulatory changes impacting fisheries have exacerbated the need to investigate the relationship between the commercial fishing industry and their host communities. The objective of this study is to examine...
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Creator:: Mostafizi, Alireza, Wang, Haizhong, Cox, Dan, Cramer, Lori A., and Dong, Shangjia
Abstract:: The M9 Cascadia subduction zone earthquake represents one of the most pressing natural hazard threats in the Pacific Northwest of the USA with an astonishing high 7–12% chance of occurrence by 2060, mirroring the 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Yet this region, like many other coastal communities, is...
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Creator:: Krannich, Richard S., Little, Ronald L., and Cramer, Lori A.
Abstract:: Nuclear waste is going nowhere, and neither is the debate over its disposal. The problem, growing every day, has proven intractable, with policymakers on one side, armed with daunting technical data, and the public on the other, declaring: not in my backyard. This timely volume offers a look past our...
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