Earthquake Storms

It is a prominent geological feature that is almost impossible to see unless you know where to look Hundreds of thousands of people drive across it every day The San Andreas Fault is everywhere, and primed for a colossal quake For decades, scientists have warned that such a sudden shifting of the Earth s crust is inevitable In fact, it is a geologic necessity.The San Andreas fault runs almost the entire length of California, from the redwood forest to the east edge of the Salton Sea Along the way, it passes through two of the largest urban areas of the country San Francisco and Los Angeles Dozens of major highways and interstates cross it Scores of housing developments have been planted over it The words San Andreas are so familiar today that they have become synonymous with earthquake.Yet, few people understand the San Andreas or the network of subsidiary faults it has spawned Some run through Hollywood, others through Beverly Hills and Santa Monica The Hayward fault slices the football stadium at the University of California in half Even among scientists, few appreciate that the San Andreas fault is a transient, evolving system that, as seen today, is younger than the Grand Canyon and key to our understanding of earthquakes worldwide. Download Earthquake Storms – kino-fada.fr This book is almost entirely focused on California, with a bit of discussion about other great quakes in world history It is lucidly written and easily understandable to the lay person The book covers both the geology of the San Andreas Fault and the history including such people as Grover Gilbert, Harry Fielding Reid who studied the 1906 San Francisco quake Andrew Larson a geology professor at the University of California Berkeley who named the San Andr...This is an exquisitely beautiful history of how humans came to understand the inner workings of our planet earth Dvorak s book wasn t even on my radar until I saw it in my feed because a friend added it to read It turned out to be the history of geology and dynamic Earth that I didn t realize I needed to know Years ago I fell in love with geology after taking an intro to geology class, only because it was a requirement and the class I really wanted, cosmology, was full During that semester, This is an exquisitely beautiful history of how humans came to understand the inner workings of our planet earth Dvorak s book wasn t even on my radar until I saw it in my feed because a friend added it to read It turned out to be the history of geology and dynamic Earth that I didn t realize I needed to know Years ago I fell in love with geology after taking an intro to geology class, only because it was a requirement and the class I really wanted, cosmology, was full During that semester, I began to realize that the discovery of Earth s crazy way of becoming and remaining active was as exciting as any exploration into space The main reason I fell in love with geology is because it made me realize that the sun made Earth and thus, Earth s cycles are controlled by the sun Earth made living organisms and thus, our cycles eating, sleeping, mating, living, dying, etc are controlled by Earth B...Written by a subject matter expert, this told the history behind the initial studies of the San Andreas fault, and outlined the conclusions and theories that were developed Initially, ca 1906, no one knew the sources of earthquakes, or their full effects Prevailing opinions were that underground volcanic events caused them, and their effects were to cause the earth to move vertically only With vast amounts of observational data acquired on foot in the era before aerial capabilities evi Written by a subject matter expert, this told the his...This book tells us about the San Andreas Fault through stories about the people who have studied it The science of seismology made huge strides through the contributions of geologists studying the San Andreas Fault For people who like Cal... Thank you to Net Galley and Open Road Media for an ARC for an unbiased reviewEarthquake Storms is a brief look at the history of the San Andres fault in California The book includes brief biographical details about major researchers, history of the faults oldest earthquakes, future earthquakes and the scientific tools used in the measurements of the daily life of the San Andres If you re looking for a whistle blowing publication, you should look elsewhere Dvorak develops facts based on scie Thank you to Net Galley and Open Road Media for an ARC for an unbiased reviewEarthquake Storms is a brief look at the history of the San Andres fault in California The book includes brief biographical details about major researchers, history of the faults oldest earthquakes, future earthquakes and the scientific tools used in the measurements of the daily life of the San Andres If you re looking for a whistle blowing publication, you should look elsewhere Dvorak develops facts based on scientific resea...I really enjoyed this book Before reading Earthquake Storms I knew very little about earthquakes The author began right where I was at square one He went all the way back to the time when even the scientists knew almost nothing about why or how earthquakes occurred I found it great reading as he opened a new world to me.Mr Dvorak discussed the specific people who studied earthquakes during their lifetimes Some of them are well known and some are not Someone I found of interest was Cha I really enjoyed this book Before reading Earthquake Storms I knew very little about earthquakes The author began right where I was at square one He went all the way back to the time when even the scientists knew almost nothing about why or how earthquakes occurred I found it great reading as he opened a new world to me.Mr Dvorak discussed the specific people who studied earthquakes during their lifetimes Some of them are well known and some are not Someone I found of interest was Charles Richter since he wa...The San Andreas Fault has a probability of 1% of causing a cataclysmic earthquake magnitude 8.2 in the next 30 years If something like that happened, it would cause horrifying destruction and affect the lives of millions of people However, California is an earthquake zone, and the study of the San Andreas Fault has already affected the millions of people who live in California, not only by the effects of the many earthquakes that occur there, but also in how earthquake mitigation has be The San Andreas Fault has a probability of 1% of causing a cataclysmic earthquake magnitude 8.2 in the next 30 years If something like that happened, it would cause horrifying destruction and affect the lives of millions of people However, California is an earthquake zone, and the study of the San Andreas Fault has already affected the millions of people who live in California, not only by the effects of the many earthquakes that occur there, but also in how earthquake mitigation has become part of the fabric of existence of Californians and other people all over the world This book tells the story of the geologists who studied the fault, the big earthquakes and the changes in building practices that resulted from the efforts to prevent massive destruction One story is of Charles Richter, the quirky scientist who developed the...I love the Palm Springs Joshua Tree area, so I was sorry to learn that this area has a 59% chance of a major earthquake in the next 30 years This quake would be along the lines of the quake that rocked San Francisco in 1906 This book is really about the development of seismology as a science and the development of tools to measure and study earthquakes like the Richter Scale Very interesting reading about the various faults the are spread across California However, examples of other earthqua I love the Palm Springs Joshua Tree area, so I was sorry to learn that this area has a 59% chance of a major earthquake in the next 30 years This quake would be along the lines of the quake that rocked Sa...I read most of the last chapter, or maybe next to last, at Smithsonian, or some other online site, so when I saw this at the library, I grabbed it.Dvorak s thesis is that one earthquake can lead to another as a part of a series of storms along a major fault over a period of decades He basis this on analysis of earthquake clustering in Italy, northern Turkey and central China, on three major fault lines where such clusters have happened.From there, he takes a look at the geology and history of I read most of the last chapter, or maybe next to last, at Smithsonian, or some other online site, so when I saw this at the library, I grabbed it.Dvorak s thesis is that one earthquake can lead to another as a part of a series of storms along a major fault over a period of decades He basis this on analysis of earthquake clustering in Italy, northern Turkey and central China, on three major fault lines where such clusters have hap...A quick read, with a surprising amount of human interest, as Dvorak makes real the people who invented seismology, most of whom seem to have done their work in California I m not a seismologist, so I can t comment on the accuracy of the book, which lacks references Some sections seem ala...

• English
• 15 October 2018
John Dvorak
• Hardcover
• 352 pages
• 1605984957
• John Dvorak
• Earthquake Storms