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Mining in Oregon

October 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries

Southern Oregon was built on mining (Medford Mail Tribune, 10/2/2011)
Gold and silver in Oregon [PDF] (1968) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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Earthquakes and public buildings

March 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries

From above, Oregon coastline masks the powerful force below — an earthquake ready to happen (Oregonian, 3/18/2011)
Statewide seismic needs assessment [PDF] (2007) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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Tsunamis at the Oregon coast

March 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Oregon Emergency Management

For Oregon coastal towns, lessons from the Japanese earthquake abound (Oregonian, 3/11/2011)
Experts say Japan quake a wake-up call for the Northwest (Register Guard, 3/12/2011)
OSU preparedness expert: In “big one,” we won’t have warning (The World, 3/11/2011)
Living on shaky ground : how to survive earthquakes and tsunamis in Oregon [PDF] (2011) Oregon Emergency Management
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Oregon 150

February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Dept. of Forestry, Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Forest Resources Institute, History Committee, Legislative Administration Committee

Sesquifarewell (Statesman Journal, 2/14/10)
Oregon on the move: A history of Oregon’s transportation systems [PDF] (2009)
Oregon Department of Transportation, History Committee
Oregon legislative branch history [PDF] (2009)
Oregon State Legislature, Legislative Administration Committee
What do Western Oregon’s forests look like after a century of management? [PDF] (2009)
Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Forests for Oregon (quarterly magazine)
Oregon Department of Forestry
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Laser-based terrain maps of Oregon

November 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries

Laser-based terrain maps show Oregon in detail (The Oregonian, 11/8/09)
Lidar mosaic imagery of the Portland basin, Oregon and Washington [PDF - 25 mb] (2009)
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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Earthquake

September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries

Tiny temblor hits the coast, but nobody seems to notice (The Register-Guard, 8/26/09)
Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes: a magnitude 9.0 earthquake scenario [PDF] (2005)Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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