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U. S. Geological Survey
The U. S. Geological Survey sent two geologists to make a scientific
survey of the earthquake areas at the request of the Govem~nent of Iran,
the U. S . Embassy, &d AID/W. John A. ~einemund, Chief, Branch of ~oreign
Geology, arrived in Iran on September 8. He spent a week studying the needs
for and the feasibility of a geologic study of the earthquake effects.
Robert Brown followed up with a geologic study. He arrived in Iran on
September 14 and remained two weeks. USGS provided AID/DRC with a copy of
its Preliminary Appraisal. Expenses for MP. Reinemundls work in Iran were
absorbed by the U. S. Geological Survey, while AID agreed to reimburse
USGS for MP. Brown's expenses.
ESSA - Coast and Geodetic Survey
Kenneth C. Bayer, geophysicist for ESSA/C&GS, was sent to the disaster site
f'rom Afghanistan, accompanied by Dr. L. E. Heuskroth and Professor R. A.
Kqim (USET-Kabul), without request for reimbursement of their expenses
from AID. They arrived on Sept. 15. MP. Bayer spent 17 days in Iran, of
which six were spent in the disaster area. A final report entitled "An
Investigation of the Dasht i IBiaz Earthquake of ~u~ust- 31, 1968" was forwarded
to the U. S. Eknbassy in Tehran and submitted to the Seismological
Society of America for publication. The following four pictures of the
destruction were taken by Mr. Bayer:
Remains of small village east of Khezri
and south of the fault