Earthshaking Science: What We Know (and Don't Know) About Earthquakes.SUSAN ELIZABETH Elizabeth, sister of King Louis XVI of France Elizabeth, 1764–94, sister of King Louis XVI of France, known as Madame Elizabeth. Deeply loyal to her brother, she remained in France during the French Revolution, suffered imprisonment, and was HOUGH n. 1. Same as Hock, a joint. v. t. 1. Same as Hock, to hamstring. [ imp. & p. p. os> r>; p. pr. & vb. n. os> n. 1. An adz; a hoe. v. t. 1. To cut with a hoe. This report from the cutting edge of earthquake science begins with a short history of plate tectonics plate tectonics, theory that unifies many of the features and characteristics of continental drift and seafloor spreading into a coherent model and has revolutionized geologists' understanding of continents, ocean basins, mountains, and earth history. and an overview of the tools and methods seismologists use for measuring tremors. Hough then examines what past earthquakes can tell us about how quakes start and stop and how we can quantify Quantify - A performance analysis tool from Pure Software. the hazard of future earthquakes--far more useful information than attempted predictions of those events, she argues. Hough believes that seismologists lose credibility with every wrong prediction. She explains how they would do better to help the public use earthquake-risk analyses to develop building codes and strengthen structures against possible damage. Princeton U Pr, 2002, 238 p., b&w photos/illus., hardcover, $24.95. |
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