Rodney Grapes

Broschiertes Buch

The Visitation

The Earthquakes of 1848 and the Destruction of Wellington

Beschreibung

Wellington was a settlement of some 3,000 people when it was struck by a cluster of devastating earthquakes in 1848. Now the authoritative text on this event, this scientific and historic account explains the cause of the earthquakes, the geological aftermath, the quakes' impact on early British settlers, and predictions of larger movements making it a compelling read for science and history buffs alike.

Autor

Rodney Grapes is a professor of earth science at Victoria University-Wellington. He is the author of Magnitude Eight Plus and Pyrometamorphism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Te Herenga Waka University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780864736864
• ISBN-10: 086473686X
• Artikelnr.: 36704659