Texas earthquakes / Cliff Frohlich and Scott D. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frohlich, Cliff, 1947-

Contributor:

Davis, Scott D.

Series:

Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation ; no. 2.

Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation ; no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquakes--Texas.

Earthquakes.

Earthquakes--Texas--History--Chronology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When nature goes haywire in Texas, it isn't usually an earthshaking event. Though droughts, floods, tornadoes, and hail all keep Texans talking about the unpredictable weather, when it comes to earthquakes, most of us think we're on terra firma in this state. But we're wrong! Nearly every year, earthquakes large enough to be felt by the public occur somewhere in Texas. This entertaining, yet authoritative book covers "all you really need to know" about earthquakes in general and in Texas specifically. The authors explain how earthquakes are caused by natural forces or human activities, how they're measured, how they can be predicted, and how citizens and governments should prepare for them. They also thoroughly discuss earthquakes in Texas, looking at the occurrences and assessing the risks region by region and comparing the amount of seismic activity in Texas to other parts of the country and the world. The book concludes with a compendium of over one hundred recorded earthquakes in Texas from 1811 to 2000 that briefly describes the location, timing, and effects of each event.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

CHAPTER 1. MEASURING EARTHQUAKES

CHAPTER 2. EARTHQUAKES IN TEXAS

CHAPTER 3. EARTHQUAKES IN THE UNITED STATES

CHAPTER 4. EARTHQUAKES IN THE WORLD AND OUT OF THIS WORLD

CHAPTER 5. CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKES

CHAPTER 6. PREDICTING EARTHQUAKES

CHAPTER 7. SHOULD I WORRY ABOUT EARTHQUAKES?

CHAPTER 8. WHO ARE SEISMOLOGISTS AND WHAT DO THEY REALLY DO?

CHAPTER 9. A NEW COMPENDIUM OF EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY IN TEXAS

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79646-3

OCLC:

614456184