Earthquakes / Bruce A. Bolt.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W. H. Freeman, 2003.Edition: 5th edDescription: xiii, 378 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 0716756188
- 551.22 22
- QE534.3 .B65 2003
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| 551.22 BER Earthquakes and the urban environment. | 551.22 BER Earthquakes and the urban environment. | 551.22 BOL Earthquakes: a primer. | 551.22 BOL Earthquakes / | 551.22 BOL Earthquakes. | 551.22 CHA Earthquakes / | 551.22 DEN Earthquakes. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-365) and index.
1. What we feel in an earthquake -- 2. Where earthquakes occur -- 3. Faults in the earth -- 4. The causes of earthquakes -- 5. Measuring earthquakes -- 6. Exploring inside the earth -- 7. Earthquakes and plate tectonics -- 8. The size of an earthquake -- 9. Volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes -- 10. Events that precede and earthquake -- 11. Dangers from earthquakes -- 12. Reducing earthquake risk.
"[This book is a] concise introduction to contemporary seismology. It's an authoritative state-of-the-science look at how earthquakes are studied and how the results of those studies are used to lessen the human, environmental, and structural impact of future quakes." -- BOOK JACKET.
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