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

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

Author: Susan Elizabeth Hough
Edition: illustrated
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2002
ISBN: 0691050104, 9780691050102
Length: 238 pages
Pdf: 8.3 mB
Pdf Quality Condition: 9 points (over 10)

Earthshaking Science is the first book to really make sense of the dizzying array of information that has emerged in recent decades about earthquakes. How do earthquakes start? How do they stop? Do earthquakes occur at regular intervals on faults? If not, why not? Are earthquakes predictable? How hard will the ground shake following an earthquake of a given magnitude? How does one quantify future seismic hazard?As Hough recounts in brisk, jargon-free prose, improvements in earthquake recording capability in the 1960s and 1970s set the stage for a period of rapid development in earthquake science. Although some formidable enigmas have remained, much has been learned on critical issues such as earthquake prediction, seismic hazard assessment, and ground motion prediction. This book addresses those issues.Because earthquake science is so new, it has rarely been presented outside of technical journals that are all but opaque to nonspecialists. Earthshaking Science changes all this. It tackles the issues at the forefront of modern seismology in a way most readers can understand. In it, an expert conveys not only the facts, but the passion and excitement associated with research at the frontiers of this fascinating field.

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