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Author : Charles Davison
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A History of British Earthquakes written by Charles Davison and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1924 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Davison
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of British Earthquakes written by Charles Davison and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1924 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John E. Ebel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493031872
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book New England Earthquakes written by John E. Ebel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New England and nearby areas in the United States and Canada have a long and storied history of earthquakes that goes back to the times of the earliest exploration and settlement of the region by Europeans. This may come as a surprise to the many people living in the region today who have never felt a local earthquake. Nevertheless, not only is it true, but there is every reason to believe that earthquakes, including some damaging earthquakes, will strike New England in the future. In fact, in the 1960s Boston, Massachusetts was given the same seismic hazard rating as Los Angeles, California because both had experienced strong earthquakes in their historic pasts. Since then seismologists have learned much about the rates at which earthquakes occur throughout the country and about the effects of the earthquakes when they occur. Today, we know that the probability of damaging earthquake shaking in Boston is about twenty-five times less than in Los Angeles. Even so, the threat of earthquakes in Boston, throughout New England, and in adjacent regions is one that cannot be ignored. From the 1638 so-called “Pilgrim’s Earthquake” to anticipating what the future may hold, John E. Ebel introduces you to the surprising history of earthquakes in the northeast corridor.
Author : Joseph P. O'Reilly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Earthquakes ... in Great Britain and Ireland During Historical Times written by Joseph P. O'Reilly and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Bartlett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350138827
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Earthquakes in London written by Mike Bartlett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Cabaret, we've got our heads down and we're dancing and drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time it doesn't have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire and brimstone.... You were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel. And you went out. Earthquakes in London is a fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades, as three sisters attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and loves, while their dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist, predicts global catastrophe. The play deals, through amplified theatricality, with a range of contemporary issues from population growth to climate change. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again. Earthquakes in London first published in 2010 and has subsequently become a much-produced and widely studied drama text. It is published here as a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Bridget Escolme. The ancillary material is geared at students and includes: - an introduction outlining the play's plot, character, themes context and performance history - the full text of the play - a chronology of the playwright's life and work - extensive textual notes - questions for further study - an interview with the playwright
Author : William Tufts Brigham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Download or read book Historical Notes on the Earth Quakes of New England, 1638-1869 written by William Tufts Brigham and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : N. N. Ambraseys
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521021876
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (218 download)
Download or read book A History of Persian Earthquakes written by N. N. Ambraseys and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the historical seismicity of Iran over the last thirteen centuries.
Author : Peter Haining
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780709071679
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (716 download)
Download or read book The Great English Earthquake written by Peter Haining and published by . This book was released on 2002-08-30 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The event was a stunning blow to Victorian England, the heart of the great British Empire. Consequently, its extent and damage were played down by the authorities and the national press. Based on contemporary reports, personal statements and exhaustive research, this illustrated history is a dramatic and exciting reconstruction of the event. On the morning of 22 April 1884, the unthinkable happened - a major earthquake struck the British Isles. In under a minute almost the entire length and breadth of England had been shaken by a violent tremor which devastated the county of Essex - its epicentre - and caused damage and panic as far north as Altrincham, Cheshire, and to the south was registered across the English Channel in Boulogne and Calais. It was about 9.20 a.m. that a peculiar and alarming noise was suddenly heard, which to some, seemed to be overhead, to others, underground, and which has been variously compared to distant thunder, to the rumbling of a heavy wagon, to the discharge of a volley of Infantry, or to the whirring of a huge flock of birds as they rise from the ground or floor beneath one's feet, and of the swaying to and fro of walls, houses, and all kinds of fixe outdoors, bricks, tiles, chimneys, etc, began to clatter down. The noise seemed loudest indoors, but perhaps the experience of those who were standing still in the open air was yet more alarming, for they could see the solid earth, as well as whatever was upon it, tremble and heave up and down. In some places, the earth even in the Scripture phrase, 'Opened her mouth'. An eyewitness's account of the 1884 earthquake.
Author : Robert Mallet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Earthquake Catalogue of the British Association written by Robert Mallet and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Søren Gregersen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400923112
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Earthquakes at North-Atlantic Passive Margins: Neotectonics and Postglacial Rebound written by Søren Gregersen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, the two subjects of (1) postglacial rebound and its potential for generating earthquakes and (2) the seismicity of passive continental ml!rgins have been of interest and concern to earth scientists on both sides of the North Atlantic. New data and theoretical interpretations have given rise to vigorous discussions on how much the two phenomena inter-relate and whether a significant controlling factor on seismicity in northeastern North America and Scandinavia is the crustal uplift that has been occurring since the latest ice age. The lack of a good understanding of these phenomena presented a particular problem for engineering seismologists attempting to prepare accurate seismic hazard estimates for facili ties both on land (e. g. , nuclear power stations and radioactive waste repositories) and offshore (e. g. , petroleum production facili ties) . The NATO Advanced Research Workshop programme provided an opportuni ty to bring together a group of relevant geophysicists, geologists and geodesists from both sides of the North Atlantic, and a workshop on "Causes and Effects of Earthquakes at Passive Margins and in Areas of Postglacial Rebound on both Sides of the North Atlantic" was held in Vordingborg, Denmark, 9-13 May 1988. The sup port of the NATO Science Committee is gratefully acknowledged.
Author : Julien Fréchet
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402082223
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Historical Seismology written by Julien Fréchet and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern seismology has faced new challenges in the study of earthquakes and their physical characteristics. This volume is dedicated to the use of new approaches and presents a state-of-the-art in historical seismology. Selected historical and recent earthquakes are chosen to document and constrain related seismic parameters using updated methodologies in the macroseismic analysis, field observations of damage distribution and tectonic effects, and modelling of seismic waveforms.
Author : Nicholas Ambraseys
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316347850
Total Pages : 3483 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East written by Nicholas Ambraseys and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 3483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines historical evidence from the last 2000 years to analyse earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Early chapters review techniques of historical seismology, while the main body of the book comprises a catalogue of more than 4000 earthquakes identified from historical sources. Each event is supported by textual evidence extracted from primary sources and translated into English. Covering southern Rumania, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq, the book documents past seismic events, places them in a broad tectonic framework, and provides essential information for those attempting to prepare for, and mitigate the effects of, future earthquakes and tsunamis in these countries. This volume is an indispensable reference for researchers studying the seismic history of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, including archaeologists, historians, earth scientists, engineers and earthquake hazard analysts. A parametric catalogue of these seismic events can be downloaded from www.cambridge.org/9780521872928.
Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Earthquake History of the United States ... written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Deborah R. Coen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226111814
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The Earthquake Observers written by Deborah R. Coen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This book explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences.
Author : Andrew Robinson
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 050077370X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization written by Andrew Robinson and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A truly welcome and refreshing study that puts earthquake impact on history into a proper perspective." --Amos Nur, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University, California, and author of Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world’s largest cities – as many as sixty – lie in areas of major seismic activity. Many, such as Lisbon, Naples, San Francisco, Teheran, and Tokyo, have been severely damaged or destroyed by earthquakes in the past. But throughout history, starting with ancient Jericho, Rome, and Sparta, cities have proved to be extraordinarily resilient: only one, Port Royal in the Caribbean, was abandoned after an earthquake. Earth-Shattering Events seeks to understand exactly how humans and earthquakes have interacted, not only in the short term but also in the long perspective of history. In some cases, physical devastation has been followed by decline. But in others, the political and economic reverberations of earthquake disasters have presented opportunities for renewal. After its wholesale destruction in 1906, San Francisco went on to flourish, eventually giving birth to the high-tech industrial area on the San Andreas fault known as Silicon Valley. An earthquake in Caracas in 1812 triggered the creation of new nations in the liberation of South America from Spanish rule. Another in Tangshan in 1976 catalysed the transformation of China into the world’s second largest economy. The growth of the scientific study of earthquakes is woven into this far-reaching history. It began with a series of earthquakes in England in 1750. Today, seismologists can monitor the vibration of the planet second by second and the movement of tectonic plates millimeter by millimeter. Yet, even in the 21st century, great earthquakes are still essentially "acts of God," striking with much less warning than volcanoes, floods, hurricanes, and even tornadoes and tsunamis.
Author : Roger G. Cooper
Publisher : Borthwick Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780903857499
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)
Download or read book John Wesley at Whitestone Cliff, North Yorkshire, 1755 written by Roger G. Cooper and published by Borthwick Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lynn R. Sykes
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231546874
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes written by Lynn R. Sykes and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of plate tectonics transformed earth science. The hypothesis that the earth’s outermost layers consist of mostly rigid plates that move over an inner surface helped describe the growth of new seafloor, confirm continental drift, and explain why earthquakes and volcanoes occur in some places and not others. Lynn R. Sykes played a key role in the birth of plate tectonics, conducting revelatory research on earthquakes. In this book, he gives an invaluable insider’s perspective on the theory’s development and its implications. Sykes combines lucid explanation of how plate tectonics revolutionized geology with unparalleled personal reflections. He entered the field when it was on the cusp of radical discoveries. Studying the distribution and mechanisms of earthquakes, Sykes pioneered the identification of seismic gaps—regions that have not ruptured in great earthquakes for a long time—and methods to estimate the possibility of quake recurrence. He recounts the various phases of his career, including his antinuclear activism, and the stories of colleagues around the world who took part in changing the paradigm. Sykes delves into the controversies over earthquake prediction and their importance, especially in the wake of the giant 2011 Japanese earthquake and the accompanying Fukushima disaster. He highlights geology’s lessons for nuclear safety, explaining why historic earthquake patterns are crucial to understanding the risks to power plants. Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes is the story of a scientist witnessing a revolution and playing an essential role in making it.
