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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Dvorak, John (John J.), author.     Subjects     Earthquakes -- California.     Earthquakes -- California -- History.     San Andreas Fault (Calif.)     San Andreas Fault (Calif.) -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dvorak, John (John J.), author.       by title:      Earthquake storms : ...         MARC Display

Earthquake storms : the fascinating history and volatile future of the San Andreas Fault / John Dvorak. by Dvorak, John (John J.), author. New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014. Subjects Earthquakes -- California.   Earthquakes -- California -- History.   San Andreas Fault (Calif.)   San Andreas Fault (Calif.) -- History. ISBN:  9781605984957 (hbk.) 1605984957 (hbk.) Description:  xviii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First Pegasus Books cloth edition. Contents:  Prologue: The swimmer -- A noble earthquake -- No occasion for alarm -- A tumult of motions and noises -- Bridging "the Golden Gate" -- Blue cut and the Mormon Rocks -- The troubled world of Charles Richter -- Of petrol and pinnacles -- A transformative idea -- To quake or not to quake -- Ancient tremors -- Disassembling California -- Earthquake storms -- Epilogue: Bodega Bay. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 551.22097 Dv Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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