Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country
Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country

Author: Peter I. Yanev

Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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Beginning with a simple primer on earthquakes, Yanev goes on to provide instructions on what property owners can do to prevent damage to property and loss of life. Includes photographs, diagrams, and maps. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Earthquakes
Earthquakes

Author: Bruce Bolt

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780716775485

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The ultimate introduction to seismology, written by distinguished scholar and Professor Bruce Bolt, of the University of California, Berkeley, this newly updated edition will provide the best foundation in the field for your introductory students.

Earthquakes
Earthquakes

Author: Phyllis R. Marcuccio

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1999-07

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0788181408

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A curriculum on earthquake for teachers to use with elementary school children. The material offers science content processes that are designed with children's abilities and needs in mind. Earthquakes are a danger to the entire nation, not just a few states -- a fundamental concern throughout the development of this curriculum. The writing team included teachers, scientists, curriculum specialists and consultants from 6 states, with a wide range of educational experience. Teacher in 11 states tested the material and provided feedback. Includes dozens of line masters with maps and drawings for use in the classroom.

Architects and Earthquakes
Architects and Earthquakes

Author: Elmer E. Botsai

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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From the Introduction: [Compiled] "to develop a national awareness among the members of the architectural profession that earthquakes can and do occur east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains ... [;] help architects further understand the nature of earthquakes and the basic response of buildings to these unique forces ... [;] to emphasize how architectural planning and design affects the performance of buildings under earthquake conditions ... [;] to provide architects from geographical regions of varying degrees of seismic activity with a vocabulary with which to talk to their clients and engineers about seismic resistance of buildings and their components ... [; and] to encourage further indepth study on the part of the architectural profession into the areas of building performance and seismic response.

Magnitude 8
Magnitude 8

Author: Philip L. Fradkin

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1466864311

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Magnitude 8 is the archetypal natural disaster defined. To understand the cataclysmic earthquake that will tear California apart one day, Philip L. Fradkin has written a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San Andreas Fault, the world's best-known tectonic landscape. The author includes vivid stories of earthquakes elsewhere: in New England, the central Mississippi River Valley, New York City, Europe, and the Far East. Always, he combines human and natural drama to place the reader at the epicenter of the most instantaneous and unpredictable of all the Earth's phenomena. Following the San Andreas Fault from Cape Mecino to Mexico--canoeing the fault line in northern California and walking underground through the Hollywood fault--noted environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin reclaims the human dimensions of earthquakes from the science-dominated accounts.