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Encyclopedia of earthquakes and volcanoes.

By: Gates, Alexander E, 1957-.
Contributor(s): Ritchie, David, 1952 Sept. 18-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Facts on File science library. Publisher: New Delhi : Viva Books, 2010Edition: 3rd ed. / Alexander E. Gates and David Ritchie.Description: xvi, 346 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0816063028 (acidfree paper); 9780816063024 (acidfree paper); 0816071209; 9780816071203; 9788130907352.Other title: Earthquakes and volcanoes.Subject(s): Earthquakes -- Encyclopedias | Volcanoes -- EncyclopediasDDC classification: 551.203 LOC classification: QE521 | .R58 2007
Contents:
Preface: Essay on plate tectonics -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Entries A-Z -- Appendix A: Chronology of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions -- Appendix B: Eyewitness accounts of major eruptions and quakes -- Appendix C: Further reading and web sites --Appendix D: Deadliest earthquakes -- Appendix E: Deadliest volcanoes -- Appendix F: Highest magnitude earthquakes -- Appendix G: Frequency of occurrence of earthquakes -- Appendix H: Magnitude v. ground motion and energy.
Summary: Provides information on earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in various regions of the world, major quakes and eruptions throughout history, and geologic and scientific terms.
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Ritchie's name appears first on the previous ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-315) and index.

Preface: Essay on plate tectonics -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Entries A-Z -- Appendix A: Chronology of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions -- Appendix B: Eyewitness accounts of major eruptions and quakes -- Appendix C: Further reading and web sites --Appendix D: Deadliest earthquakes -- Appendix E: Deadliest volcanoes -- Appendix F: Highest magnitude earthquakes -- Appendix G: Frequency of occurrence of earthquakes -- Appendix H: Magnitude v. ground motion and energy.

Provides information on earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in various regions of the world, major quakes and eruptions throughout history, and geologic and scientific terms.

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