When the Earth Moves: Rogue Earthquakes, Tremors, and Aftershocks
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (591 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560259728 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Excellent book Bob Rothman This is an excellent introduction to the subject. I am a geologist and I could not put it down. I strongly recommend it for both the layman and the professional who wants to compliment his knowledge.
Patricia Lou Barnes-Svarney is the author of The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference and Asteroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier? She also has more than 350 magazine articles published in such magazines and e-zines as Popular Science, Weatherwise, Air & Space, Discovery, and others.
About the AuthorPatricia Lou Barnes-Svarney is the author of The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference and Asteroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier? She also has more than 350 magazine articles published in such magazines and e-zines as Popular Science, Weatherwise, Air & Space, Discovery, and others.
Our most notorious earthquakes come from earthquake zones located at the boundaries of tectonic plates (irregular-shaped chunks of the Earth's crust), in most cases near a belt of volcanoes at the edges of moving plates encircling that ocean called the "Ring of Fire." But what about shaking in the wrong places? Consider the New Madrid Fault Zone right next to the Mississippi River; fractures in the crust that run through parts of New York, central North Carolina, and New Mexico; and a long sinuous cracked ridge from Utah to Montana. These are especially vulnerable areas, and much of our population is unaware that the threat of an earthquake is quite likely to occur. Unlike oth