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Earthquake Storms: The Fascinating History and Volatile Future of the San Andreas Fault
By Dvorak, John
- ISBN
- 9781605984957
- Publisher
- Pegasus
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Reviewed on February 1, 2014 | Science and Technology
Dvorak (formerly, U.S. Geological Survey) combines historical and scientific narrative to tell the story of California's San Andreas Fault, which exists at the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which occurred along the fault and left a 270-mile-long visible fault rupture, accelerated the study of seismology in California. The author recounts the work of promine...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
