The first worldwide survey of active earthquake faults, providing an important basis for protecting threatened cities in the developing world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert Yeats is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America. He is senior consultant and partner in Earth Consultants International, an international firm focusing on earthquake hazards, and also an Emeritus Professor at Oregon State University. He has decades of experience in earthquake geology worldwide, including acting as chair of the International Lithosphere Project on active faults for several years and authoring three previous books: Geology of Earthquakes (with Kerry Sieh and Clarence R. Allen, 1996), Living with Earthquakes in California (2001) and Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest (2004). An endowed professorship at Oregon State University has been named in his honour and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists have recognised his work by awarding him the Michel T. Halbouty Human Needs Award.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Methods and background 2. Introduction to North America: the Pacific-North America plate boundary 3. San Andreas System and basin and range 4. Caribbean Plate and Middle America subduction zone 5. South America 6. Africa, Arabia, and Western Europe 7. Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and the Middle East 8. India, the Himalaya, Mainland China, and Central Asia 9. Japan and the Western Pacific 10. Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands References Index.
Introduction 1. Methods and background 2. Introduction to North America: the Pacific-North America plate boundary 3. San Andreas System and basin and range 4. Caribbean Plate and Middle America subduction zone 5. South America 6. Africa, Arabia, and Western Europe 7. Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and the Middle East 8. India, the Himalaya, Mainland China, and Central Asia 9. Japan and the Western Pacific 10. Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands References Index.
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