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Living with earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest / by Robert S. Yeats.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yeats, Robert S.
- Series:
- Open Textbook Library.
- Open textbook library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earthquake hazard analysis--Northwest, Pacific.
- Earthquake hazard analysis.
- Earthquakes--Safety measures.
- Earthquakes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
- Updated irregularly.
- Distribution:
- Minneapolis : Open Textbook Library.
- Place of Publication:
- Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, ©2004-
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- "In this expanded new edition of Living with Earthquakes, Robert Yeats, a leading authority on earthquakes in California and the Pacific Northwest, describes the threat posed by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a great earthquake fault which runs for hundreds of miles offshore from British Columbia to northern California. New research reveals subtle movements on the deepest part of this fault every 14-15 months - building up strain toward the next major earthquake."--Open Textbook Library.
- Contents:
- Plates, Geologic Time, and Earthquakes
- A Concept of Time
- Plate Tectonics
- Earthquake Basics
- Cascadia
- Earthquakes in the Juan de Fuca Plate
- Earthquakes in the Crust: Closer to Home
- Memories of the Future: The Uncertain Art of Earthquake Forecasting
- Shaky Ground and Big Waves
- Solid Rock and Bowls of Jello
- Tsunami!
- Prevention and Countermeasures
- Earthquake Insurance: Hazards, Perils, Risks, and Losses
- Is Your Home Ready for an Earthquake?
- Earthquake Design of Large Structures
- The Federal Government and Earthquakes
- The Role of State and Local Government
- Preparing for the Next Earthquake
- An Uncertain Appointment with a Restless Earth
- Significant Historical Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license.
- Description based on online version, 2nd ed., rev. and expanded, 2004; Title from PDF (viewed on July 25, 2016)
- ISBN:
- 0870710249
- 9780870710247
- OCLC:
- 953966671
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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