| Edition |
[Third edition]. |
| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Note |
Includes links to accompanying video |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Plates, Geologic Time, and Earthquakes -- A Concept of Time -- Plate Tectonics -- Earthquake Basics -- Cascadia -- Earthquakes in the Juan de Fuca Plate -- Earthquakes in the Crust: Closer to Home -- Memories of the Future: The Uncertain Art of Earthquake Forecasting -- Shaky Ground and Big Waves -- Solid Rock and Bowls of Jello -- Tsunami! -- Prevention and Countermeasures -- Earthquake Insurance: Hazards, Perils, Risks, and Losses -- Is Your Home Ready for an Earthquake? -- Earthquake Design of Large Structures -- The Federal Government and Earthquakes -- The Role of State and Local Government -- Preparing for the Next Earthquake -- An Uncertain Appointment with a Restless Earth -- Significant Historical Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest. |
| Summary |
In this expanded new edition of Living with Earthquakes, Robert Yeats, a leading authority on earthquakes in California and the Pacific Northwest, describes the threat posed by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a great earthquake fault which runs for hundreds of miles offshore from British Columbia to northern California. New research reveals subtle movements on the deepest part of this fault every 14-15 months -- building up strain toward the next major earthquake provider's description |
| Biography |
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, where an endowed professorship has been named in his honor |
| Note |
online resource; title from PDF cover page, Version 0.1 (OSU Open Textbooks, viewed October 8, 2020) |
| Local Note |
Promoted: Local to Global Cooperative Open Textbook Library |
| Subject |
Earthquake hazard analysis -- Northwest, Pacific.
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Earthquakes -- Safety measures.
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Earthquake hazard analysis. (OCoLC)fst00900841
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Earthquakes -- Safety measures.
(OCoLC)fst00900929
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Pacific Northwest. (OCoLC)fst01242543
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| Genre/Form |
Open educational resources.
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Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
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Textbooks.
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Open educational resources.
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| Added Author |
Oregon State University, issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yeats, Robert S. Living with earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, ©2004 0870710249 (DLC) 2004555476 (OCoLC)55102458 |
| ISBN |
9780870710247 |
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0870710249 |
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