The Big One: The Next Great California Earthquake; Understanding Why, Where, and When, It Will Happen
by DR. GEORGE PARARAS-CARAYANNISFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Summary
A book about earthquakes--how, when, and where the next big one may strike.
Author Biography
Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis: For 35 years, he was involved with tsunami research and worked for the University of Hawaii's Institute of Geophysics and the U. S. Government.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments - Credits | p. xxi |
| Foreword | p. xxiii |
| Introduction | p. xxv |
| The Big One | p. 1 |
| What happened in Northern California at 5:04 P.M., on 17 October 1989? | |
| What is a possible scenario for the Big One in California? | |
| How California's Civil Defense Responds and Mobilizes? | |
| Incoming Disaster Reports | |
| Is this only a Partial Scenario of the Big One? | |
| What Could Really Happen? | |
| Causes of Earthquakes-Fundamental Principles | p. 10 |
| What are the causes of earthquakes in California and around the world? | |
| The Earth and Its Interior | |
| The Earth's Crust and Forces Acting Upon It | |
| Sea Floor Spreading, Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift | |
| Destruction of the Earth's Crust | |
| Earthquakes | |
| Plate Tectonics and Earthquake Prediction | |
| Destructive Earthquakes | |
| What are the Causes of Earthquakes in California? | |
| Understanding California's Earthquakes - Fundamental Principles | p. 37 |
| Historical Perspective | |
| Faults and Faulting | |
| Understanding California Earthquakes | |
| Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity | |
| Experiencing the Big One | p. 62 |
| Can California's earthquakes and the Big One be predicted? | p. 68 |
| What methods are used to predict earthquakes in California? | p. 79 |
| How are statistical methods used to predict California earthquakes? | |
| What physical/geochemical measurements and observations are used to forecast or predict California earthquakes? | |
| Can animal behavior be monitored to predict earthquakes? | |
| How is California's earthquake risk determined and evaluated? | p. 102 |
| The faults of California - Do you live near a dangerous fault? | p. 111 |
| Major faults of Northern California | |
| Major faults of Southern California | |
| The largest historical earthquakes of California | p. 141 |
| Larger Earthquakes in California from 1769 to 2000 | |
| The Fort Tejon Earthquake of 1857 - what is its significance? | p. 170 |
| The January 9, 1857 Fort Tejon Earthquake | |
| The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 18 April 1906 - What is its significance? | p. 176 |
| The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 18 April 1906 | |
| The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake - Was it the Big One? | p. 190 |
| The Northridge Earthquake of 1994 -What was learned from it? | p. 205 |
| The Earthquake of 17 January 1994 (Northridge Earthquake) | |
| Can California Earthquakes be Controlled or Prevented? | p. 220 |
| California's Tsunami Threat - Will the Big One generate a destructive tsunami? | p. 223 |
| Tsunami - Some Basic Concepts | |
| The Tsunami Threat of California | |
| Where in California Will The Big One Strike? | p. 254 |
| When will the Big One strike? | p. 267 |
| How often do earthquakes occur worldwide? | |
| Why and how past seismic activity is studied to determine when large earthquakes will strike again California? | |
| Will the Big One Strike California Unannounced? | |
| When will the Big One strike? | |
| Bibliography - Further Reading | p. 293 |
| Glossary | p. 309 |
| A Brief History of California | p. 323 |
| Cities, Towns, and Localities in Close Proximity to Major Faults | p. 329 |
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