After the Earth quakes : elastic rebound on an urban planet /

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Earthquakes rank among the most terrifying natural disasters faced by mankind. Out of a clear blue sky - or worse, a jet black one - comes shaking strong enough to hurl furniture across the room, human bodies out of bed, and entire houses off of their foundations. When the dust settles, the immediat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hough, Susan Elizabeth, 1961- (Author), Bilham, Roger G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Elastic rebound theory.
Earthquakes.
Earthquakes
Théorie du rebond élastique.
Tremblements de terre.
earthquakes.
NATURE > Earthquakes & Volcanoes.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Seismology & Volcanism.
Elastic rebound theory
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Impacts and Reverberations; 2 Earthquakes and Ancient Cities:Armageddon-Not the End of the World; 3 The Lisbon Earthquake and the Age of Reason; 4 Tecumseh's Legacy: The Enduring Enigma of the New Madrid Earthquakes; 5 19th-Century Temblors: A Science Is Born; 6 The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake; 7 Finding Faults in California; 8 The 1923 Kanto Earthquake: Surviving Doomsday; 9 Hazards of the Caribbean; 10 Tsunami!; 11 City of Angels or Edge City?; 12 Earthquakes as Urban Renewal?; 13 Demonic Demographics; 14 The Age of Construction; Notes and Suggested Readings.
  • IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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