Predicting the unpredictable: the tumultuous science of earthquake prediction
Auteur :
Hough, Susan Elizabeth
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691173306
Date de publication :
8 nov. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
476 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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, seismologis