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1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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text file PDF rda |
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Print version record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- 1. Ready to Rumble -- 2. Ready to Explode -- 3. Irregular Clocks -- 4. The Hayward Fault -- 5. Predicting the Unpredictable -- 6. The Road to Haicheng -- 7. Percolation -- 8. The Heyday -- 9. The Hangover -- 10. Highly Charged Debates -- 11. Reading the Tea Leaves -- 12. Accelerating Moment Release -- 13. On the Fringe -- 14. Complicity -- 15. Measles -- 16. We All Have Our Faults -- 17. The Bad One -- 18. Whither Earthquake Prediction? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- General Index -- Index of Earthquakes by Year |
| Summary |
An earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction and death, whether it's the catastrophic 2010 quake that took a devastating toll on the island nation of Haiti or a future great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in California, which scientists know is inevitable. Yet despite rapid advances in earthquake science, seismologists still can't predict when the Big One will hit. Predicting the Unpredictable explains why, exploring the fact and fiction behind the science--and pseudoscience--of earthquake prediction. Susan Hough traces the continuing quest by seismologists to forecast the time, location, and magnitude of future quakes. She brings readers into the laboratory and out into the field--describing attempts that have raised hopes only to collapse under scrutiny, as well as approaches that seem to hold future promise. She also ventures to the fringes of pseudoscience to consider ideas outside the scientific mainstream. An entertaining and accessible foray into the world of earthquake prediction, Predicting the Unpredictable illuminates the unique challenges of predicting earthquakes. |
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In English. |
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Earthquake prediction.
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography.
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology.
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Earthquake prediction. (OCoLC)fst00900860
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Seismologie.
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Erdbebenvorhersage.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hough, Susan Elizabeth. Predicting the unpredictable. [Place of publication not identified] : Princeton University Pres, 2016 0691173303 (OCoLC)947074693 |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781400883547 doi |
| ISBN |
9781400883547 (electronic bk.) |
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1400883547 (electronic bk.) |
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