Earthshaking Science: What We Know (and Don't Know) about Earthquakes

Hough, Susan Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0691050104 / ISBN 13: 9780691050102

Editore: Princeton University Press (edition ), 2002

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• Titolo: Earthshaking Science: What We Know (and Don't Know) about Earthquakes
• Editore: Princeton University Press (edition )
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691050104
• ISBN 13: 9780691050102
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Good

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Riassunto

A research seismologist from one of North America's most active earthquake zones sifts through the facts and misinformation about earthquakes, filling in blanks surrounding plate tectonics history while considering such topics as earthquake predictability and the technologies of the past half century.

Informazioni sull?autore

Susan Elizabeth Hough is a seismologist with the United States Geological Survey in Pasadena, California, and has published more than forty articles in journals such as Nature, Science, Natural History, and the Journal of Geophysical Research. She has also written occasional editorials on earthquakes for the Los Angeles Times.