Author: Jason Robert Patton
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Category : Cascadia Subduction Zone (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Late Holocene Coseismic Subsidence and Coincident Tsunamis, Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone, Hookton Slough, WIGI (Humboldt Bay), California
Author: Jason Robert Patton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cascadia Subduction Zone (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cascadia Subduction Zone (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Local Tsunami Hazards in the Pacific Northwest from Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes
Author: Eric L. Geist
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Cascadia's Fault
Author: Jerry Thompson
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619020866
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A thrillingly rendered, yet “level–headed” look at the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the devastating natural disasters it promises (Booklist) There is a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles from Northern California up through Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia. The Cascadia Subduction Zone has generated massive earthquakes over and over again throughout geologic time—at least thirty–six major events in the last 10,000 years. This fault generates a monster earthquake about every 500 years. And the monster is due to return at any time. It could happen 200 years from now, or it could be tonight. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is virtually identical to the offshore fault that wrecked Sumatra in 2004. It will generate the same earthquake we saw in Sumatra, at magnitude nine or higher, sending crippling shockwaves across a far wider area than any California quake. Slamming into Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver, it will send tidal waves to the shores of Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, damaging the economies of the Pacific Rim countries and their trading partners for years to come. In light of recent massive quakes in Haiti, Chile, and Mexico, Cascadia's Fault not only tells the story of this potentially devastating earthquake and the tsunamis it will spawn, it also warns us about an impending crisis almost unprecedented in modern history.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619020866
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A thrillingly rendered, yet “level–headed” look at the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the devastating natural disasters it promises (Booklist) There is a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles from Northern California up through Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia. The Cascadia Subduction Zone has generated massive earthquakes over and over again throughout geologic time—at least thirty–six major events in the last 10,000 years. This fault generates a monster earthquake about every 500 years. And the monster is due to return at any time. It could happen 200 years from now, or it could be tonight. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is virtually identical to the offshore fault that wrecked Sumatra in 2004. It will generate the same earthquake we saw in Sumatra, at magnitude nine or higher, sending crippling shockwaves across a far wider area than any California quake. Slamming into Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver, it will send tidal waves to the shores of Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, damaging the economies of the Pacific Rim countries and their trading partners for years to come. In light of recent massive quakes in Haiti, Chile, and Mexico, Cascadia's Fault not only tells the story of this potentially devastating earthquake and the tsunamis it will spawn, it also warns us about an impending crisis almost unprecedented in modern history.
USGS Tsunami Sources Workshop 2006
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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The Big One
Author: Elizabeth Rusch
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 0544889045
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
About earth movement and plate tectonics, and the possibility of earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area between British Columbia and northern California.
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 0544889045
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
About earth movement and plate tectonics, and the possibility of earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area between British Columbia and northern California.
The Tsunami Threat to California : Findings and Recommendations on Tsunami Hazards and Risks
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Category : Tsunamis
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Tsunamis
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction Thrust Faults
Author: Timothy H. Dixon
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231138666
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Subduction zones, one of the three types of plate boundaries, return Earth's surface to its deep interior. Because subduction zones are gently inclined at shallow depths and depress Earth's temperature gradient, they have the largest seismogenic area of any plate boundary. Consequently, subduction zones generate Earth's largest earthquakes and most destructive tsunamis. As tragically demonstrated by the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of December 2004, these events often impact densely populated coastal areas and cause large numbers of fatalities. While scientists have a general understanding of the seismogenic zone, many critical details remain obscure. This volume attempts to answer such fundamental concerns as why some interplate subduction earthquakes are relatively modest in rupture length (greater than 100 km) while others, such as the great (M greater than 9) 1960 Chile, 1964 Alaska, and 2004 Sumatra events, rupture along 1000 km or more. Contributors also address why certain subduction zones are fully locked, accumulating elastic strain at essentially the full plate convergence rate, while others appear to be only partially coupled or even freely slipping; whether these locking patterns persist through the seismic cycle; and what is the role of sediments and fluids on the incoming plate. Nineteen papers written by experts in a variety of fields review the most current lab, field, and theoretical research on the origins and mechanics of subduction zone earthquakes and suggest further areas of exploration. They consider the composition of incoming plates, laboratory studies concerning sediment evolution during subduction and fault frictional properties, seismic and geodetic studies, and regional scale deformation. The forces behind subduction zone earthquakes are of increasing environmental and societal importance.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231138666
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Subduction zones, one of the three types of plate boundaries, return Earth's surface to its deep interior. Because subduction zones are gently inclined at shallow depths and depress Earth's temperature gradient, they have the largest seismogenic area of any plate boundary. Consequently, subduction zones generate Earth's largest earthquakes and most destructive tsunamis. As tragically demonstrated by the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of December 2004, these events often impact densely populated coastal areas and cause large numbers of fatalities. While scientists have a general understanding of the seismogenic zone, many critical details remain obscure. This volume attempts to answer such fundamental concerns as why some interplate subduction earthquakes are relatively modest in rupture length (greater than 100 km) while others, such as the great (M greater than 9) 1960 Chile, 1964 Alaska, and 2004 Sumatra events, rupture along 1000 km or more. Contributors also address why certain subduction zones are fully locked, accumulating elastic strain at essentially the full plate convergence rate, while others appear to be only partially coupled or even freely slipping; whether these locking patterns persist through the seismic cycle; and what is the role of sediments and fluids on the incoming plate. Nineteen papers written by experts in a variety of fields review the most current lab, field, and theoretical research on the origins and mechanics of subduction zone earthquakes and suggest further areas of exploration. They consider the composition of incoming plates, laboratory studies concerning sediment evolution during subduction and fault frictional properties, seismic and geodetic studies, and regional scale deformation. The forces behind subduction zone earthquakes are of increasing environmental and societal importance.
Planning Scenario in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, California for a Great Earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone
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Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Tsunami Inundation Model Study of Eureka and Crescent City, California
Author: Eddie N. Bernard
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Category : Tsunamis
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : Tsunamis
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Orphan Tsunami of 1700
Author: Brian F. Atwater
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780295998091
Category : Paleoseismology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780295998091
Category : Paleoseismology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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