Hough Richter's Scale

Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8444-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hough, Susan Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

CHAPTER 1: The Magnitude of the Problem 1

CHAPTER 2: Formative Years 9

CHAPTER 3: Margaret Rose 25

CHAPTER 4: Harnessing the Horses 36

CHAPTER 5: Earthquake Exploration 51

CHAPTER 6: The Kresge Era 62

CHAPTER 7: Beno Gutenberg 82

CHAPTER 8: Earthquake! 102

CHAPTER 9: Richter Scale 112

CHAPTER 10: Charlie 132

CHAPTER 11: Lillian 153

CHAPTER 12: Richter's Women 181

CHAPTER 13: Autumn 192

CHAPTER 14: Asperger's Syndrome 212

CHAPTER 15: Here It Comes Again 241

CHAPTER 16: Predicting the Unpredictable 253

CHAPTER 17: Sizing Up Earthquake Hazard 269

CHAPTER 18: Hazard in a Nuclear Age 276

CHAPTER 19: Supernova 286

APPENDIX A Belated Farewell 309

Bibliography 313

Acknowledgments 325

Index 331

Earthquakes by Date 337

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Elizabeth Hough is a seismologist with the Southern California Earthquake Center and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Her books include Predicting the Unpredictable and Earthshaking Science (both Princeton).