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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Robinson, Andrew. Earthquake : Nature and Culture. London : Reaktion Books, ©2013 |
Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew Robinson |
ISBN: | 9781780230610 1780230613 |
OCLC Number: | 955309552 |
Description: | 1 online resource (210 pages). |
Contents: | Earthquake Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1. Earth-shattering Events; 2. Lisbon, 1755: The Wrath of God; 3. Seismology Begins; 4. Tokyo, 1923: Holocaust; 5. Measuring Earthquakes; 6. Faults, Plates and Drifting Continents; 7. California: The Enigma of the San Andreas Fault; 8. Prediction of the Unpredictable; 9. Designing against Death; References; Select bibliography; Associations and websites; Photo acknowledgements; Index. |
Series Title: | RB-Earth. |
Abstract:
"Earthquake" explores the occurrence of major earthquakes around the world, their effects on the societies where they strike, and the other catastrophes they cause, from landslides and fires to floods and tsunamis.
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