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  • Playing against Nature

    Integrating Science and Economics to Mitigate Natural Hazards in an Uncertain World

    Series series Wiley Works
    Defending society against natural hazards is a high-stakes game of chance against nature, involving tough decisions. How should a developing nation allocate its budget between building schools for towns without ones or making existing schools earthquake-resistant? Does it make more sense to build levees to protect against floods, or to prevent development in the areas at risk? Would more lives be ... Leer más

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  • Tambora

    The Eruption That Changed the World

    A global history of the climate catastrophe caused by the Tambora eruptionWhen Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano’s massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years. Communities worldwide ... Leer más

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  • Eruption

    The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens

    de Steve Olson ...
    A riveting history of the Mount St. Helens eruption that will "long stand as a classic of descriptive narrative" (Simon Winchester).For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was prepared when an immense ... Leer más

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  • The Million Death Quake

    The Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster

    de Roger Musson ...
    Series series MacSci
    For centuries, Californians and the Japanese have known that they were at risk of catastrophic earthquakes, and prepared accordingly. But when a violent 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti in 2010, hardly anyone knew the island nation was even at risk for disaster, and, tragically, no one was prepared. Over 300,000 people died as buildings that had never been designed to withstand such intense shaking ... Leer más

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  • Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History

    A revised and updated comprehensive examination of the supervolcanic eruption of Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia over 75,000 years ago, and how it changed human genetic history by causing a population bottleneck, written by best-selling author Marie D. Jones and her father, the late geophysicist Dr. John M. Savino, Ph.D. The book describes what a supervolcano is, how they form, where they are located ... Leer más

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  • Why Does It Happen?: Earthquakes and Volcanoes

    Natural Disaster Books for Kids

    Series Libro 1 - Why Does It Happen
    Earthquakes and volcano eruptions are natural disasters that are best faced prepared. Through this picture book, a child goes through multi-sensory learning that makes it easier to understand the intensity of quakes and volcanoes. With a picture book, a child gets to hear the stories, see the pictures, feel and even smell the pages. These create memories that make lessons stick. Grab a copy today! ... Leer más

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  • Physics

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    de John Murphy ...
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  • The Last Volcano

    de John Dvorak ...
    John Dvorak, the acclaimed author of Earthquake Storms, looks into the early scientific study of volcanoes and the life of the man who pioneered the field, Thomas Jaggar. Educated at Harvard, Jaggar went to the Caribbean after Mount Pelee exploded in 1902, killing more than 26,000 people. Witnessing the destruction and learning about the horrible deaths these people had suffered, Jaggar vowed to ... Leer más

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  • On Shaky Ground

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  • Earth Materials

    Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology

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  • Watching Vesuvius

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  • Quantitative Seismic Interpretation

    Applying Rock Physics Tools to Reduce Interpretation Risk

    Quantitative Seismic Interpretation demonstrates how rock physics can be applied to predict reservoir parameters, such as lithologies and pore fluids, from seismically derived attributes. The authors provide an integrated methodology and practical tools for quantitative interpretation, uncertainty assessment, and characterization of subsurface reservoirs using well-log and seismic data. They ... Leer más

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