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Author Hough, Susan Elizabeth, 1961-

Title Earthshaking science : what we know (and don't know) about earthquakes / Susan Elizabeth Hough.

Imprint Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  551.22 H814e 2004    ---  Available
Description xvi, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
Contents The plate tectonics revolution -- Sizing up earthquakes -- Earthquake interactions -- Ground motions -- The Holy Grail of earthquake prediction -- Mapping seismic hazard -- A journey back in time -- Bringing the science home.
Subject Earthquakes.
ISBN 0691118191 (pbk.)

 
    
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