Author:
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Summaries of Technical Reports, Volume X
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Federal Credit Union Bylaws
Author: United States. National Credit Union Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Banks and banking, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Publisher:
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Category : Banks and banking, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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After the Earth Quakes
Author: Susan Elizabeth Hough
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190292520
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Earthquakes rank among the most terrifying natural disasters faced by mankind. Out of a clear blue sky-or worse, a jet black one-comes shaking strong enough to hurl furniture across the room, human bodies out of bed, and entire houses off of their foundations. When the dust settles, the immediate aftermath of an earthquake in an urbanized society can be profound. Phone and water supplies can be disrupted for days, fires erupt, and even a small number of overpass collapses can snarl traffic for months. However, when one examines the collective responses of developed societies to major earthquake disasters in recent historic times, a somewhat surprising theme emerges: not only determination, but resilience; not only resilience, but acceptance; not only acceptance, but astonishingly, humor. Elastic rebound is one of the most basic tenets of modern earthquake science, the term that scientists use to describe the build-up and release of energy along faults. It is also the best metaphor for societal responses to major earthquakes in recent historic times. After The Earth Quakes focuses on this theme, using a number of pivotal and intriguing historic earthquakes as illustration. The book concludes with a consideration of projected future losses on an increasingly urbanized planet, including the near-certainty that a future earthquake will someday claim over a million lives. This grim prediction impels us to take steps to mitigate earthquake risk, the innately human capacity for rebound notwithstanding.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190292520
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Earthquakes rank among the most terrifying natural disasters faced by mankind. Out of a clear blue sky-or worse, a jet black one-comes shaking strong enough to hurl furniture across the room, human bodies out of bed, and entire houses off of their foundations. When the dust settles, the immediate aftermath of an earthquake in an urbanized society can be profound. Phone and water supplies can be disrupted for days, fires erupt, and even a small number of overpass collapses can snarl traffic for months. However, when one examines the collective responses of developed societies to major earthquake disasters in recent historic times, a somewhat surprising theme emerges: not only determination, but resilience; not only resilience, but acceptance; not only acceptance, but astonishingly, humor. Elastic rebound is one of the most basic tenets of modern earthquake science, the term that scientists use to describe the build-up and release of energy along faults. It is also the best metaphor for societal responses to major earthquakes in recent historic times. After The Earth Quakes focuses on this theme, using a number of pivotal and intriguing historic earthquakes as illustration. The book concludes with a consideration of projected future losses on an increasingly urbanized planet, including the near-certainty that a future earthquake will someday claim over a million lives. This grim prediction impels us to take steps to mitigate earthquake risk, the innately human capacity for rebound notwithstanding.
Classic Cordilleran Concepts
Author: Eldridge M. Moores
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813723388
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813723388
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
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Neogene Stratigraphy of the Fish Creek-Vallecito Section, Southern California
Author: Charles David Winker
Publisher:
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Category : California, Gulf of (Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Publisher:
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Category : California, Gulf of (Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Reference World Atlas
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465421181
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A beautifully clear, detailed, and fully revised and updated guide, DK's Reference World Atlas gives a superb overview of all the world's regions. Providing a detailed reference map set, the atlas also features computer-generated terrain-modeled maps and the landscapes, bringing an all-new dimension to cartography. This ninth edition of DK's respected Reference World Atlas includes all recent border, place name, and flag changes from around the world, including the emerging state of South Sudan.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465421181
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A beautifully clear, detailed, and fully revised and updated guide, DK's Reference World Atlas gives a superb overview of all the world's regions. Providing a detailed reference map set, the atlas also features computer-generated terrain-modeled maps and the landscapes, bringing an all-new dimension to cartography. This ninth edition of DK's respected Reference World Atlas includes all recent border, place name, and flag changes from around the world, including the emerging state of South Sudan.
A River in Common
Author: John M. Volkman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Columbia River
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Report to the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission.
Publisher:
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Category : Columbia River
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Report to the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission.
Geologic Names of North America
Author: Druid Wilson
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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New Publications of the Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Rand McNally Bankers Directory
Author: Rand McNally Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780528510250
Category : Bankers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780528510250
Category : Bankers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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