Earthquakes

By: Bolt, Bruce AMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.H. Freeman, ©1999Edition: 4th EditionDescription: xii, 366 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)ISBN: 9780716733966 ; 071673396XSubject(s): EarthquakesDDC classification: 551.22
Contents:
What we feel in an earthquake -- Where earthquakes occur -- Measuring earthquakes -- Exploring inside the earth -- Faults in the earth -- The Causes of earthquakes -- Earthquakes and plate tectonics -- The Size of an earthquake -- Volcanoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes -- Events that precede and earthquake -- Dangers from earthquakes -- Reducing Earthquake risk -- Appendixes -- World earthquakes and seismicity rates -- Important earthquakes of the United States and Canada -- Abridged modified Mercalli Intensity Scale -- Geologic time scale -- How to determine fault planes from first motions -- Sample calculations of magnitudes, moment, and energy of an earthquake -- Elements of wave motion -- Propogation of elastic waves.
Summary: This text on earthquakes provides an explanation behind these deadly and destructive events, from geological faults to intensity patterns, side effects and protection of people and property. The fourth edition includes descriptions of earthquakes in highly-populated areas such as Kobe, Japan.
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Included Glossary and Index

What we feel in an earthquake --
Where earthquakes occur --
Measuring earthquakes --
Exploring inside the earth --
Faults in the earth --
The Causes of earthquakes --
Earthquakes and plate tectonics --
The Size of an earthquake --
Volcanoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes --
Events that precede and earthquake --
Dangers from earthquakes --
Reducing Earthquake risk --
Appendixes --
World earthquakes and seismicity rates --
Important earthquakes of the United States and Canada --
Abridged modified Mercalli Intensity Scale --
Geologic time scale --
How to determine fault planes from first motions --
Sample calculations of magnitudes, moment, and energy of an earthquake --
Elements of wave motion --
Propogation of elastic waves.

This text on earthquakes provides an explanation behind these deadly and destructive events, from geological faults to intensity patterns, side effects and protection of people and property. The fourth edition includes descriptions of earthquakes in highly-populated areas such as Kobe, Japan.

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