Why the earth quakes.

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TextPublication details: New York : Norton, c1995Description: 215 p. : ill., mapsISBN:

0393037746 (hc)

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Subject: Technical issues needed to understand the behavior of earthquakes and volcanoes such as plate tectonics and seismic gaps are explained in clear and concise terms. Over one hundred illustrations clarify them for both the general reader and the professional. One section of the book is dedicated to answering the most commonly asked questions about how to be ready and avoid the worst consequences of our earth's onslaught

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Includes bibliographical references and index

The cracked egg -- The fire goddess -- The Mountains of Vulcan -- Lisbon, 1755 -- The birth of seismology -- Measuring earthquakes -- The Kanto earthquake -- Resisting earthquakes -- The Great Fault -- Three minutes in Anchorage -- Precursors and predictions -- Seismic isolation -- Social consequences : codes and public policy -- Risk and preparedness -- Echoes of the big bang

Technical issues needed to understand the behavior of earthquakes and volcanoes such as plate tectonics and seismic gaps are explained in clear and concise terms. Over one hundred illustrations clarify them for both the general reader and the professional. One section of the book is dedicated to answering the most commonly asked questions about how to be ready and avoid the worst consequences of our earth's onslaught

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