About this title: This is the first book to really make sense of the dizzying array of information that has emerged in recent decades about earthquakes. Susan Hough, a research seismologist in one of North America's most active earthquake zones and an expert at communicating this complex science to the public, separates fact from fiction. She fills in many of the blanks that remained after plate tectonics theory, in the 1960s, first gave us a rough idea of just what earthquakes are about. How do earthquakes start? How do they stop? Do earthquakes occur at regular intervals on faults? If not, why not? Are ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2004-03-22
ISBN-13:9780691118192ISBN:0691118191
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691050102ISBN:0691050104
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691050102ISBN:0691050104
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691050102ISBN:0691050104
Description: Good in Good jacket. Good in Good jacket Ex-Library A former library book with the usual ex-library markings. Binding tight. Pages bright and clean. Dust jacket protected by mylar cover. The free end paper was removed by library staff. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ. PRESSES OF CALIFORNIA, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691118192ISBN:0691118191
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 256 pages. (256 pages) recounts that improvements in earthquake recording capability in the 1960s and 1970s set the stage for a period of rapid development in earthquake science. although some enigmas have remained, much has been learned on issues such as earthquake prediction, seismic hazard assessment, and ground motion prediction. this book addresses those issues. 12 halftones. 50 line illus. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691118192ISBN:0691118191
Description: 8vo, paperback. Vg condition. Very neatly glue-repaired tear down spine paper, barely noticeable; tiny bend to a few pg corners, interior otherwise bright & clean, unread. xvi, 238 p., maps. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691050102ISBN:0691050104
Description: Octavo; vg+/vg; dj, black and gray spine with brown text; HB, black cloth spine with gilt lettering; endpapers, tinted gray; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 238 pp.; dj, closed break, fore-edge; else very good. Earth Sciences/Geology (Science & Tech). 7-130-1141047. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691118192ISBN:0691118191
Description: Good. 0691118191 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691118192ISBN:0691118191
Description: New. "By frankly taking the point of view of a participating seismologist, this book is a fresh contribution to the shelf of science for the public. "--Robert Phinney, Princeton University "I know of no other book for the general public that presents seism... read more
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