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Author:

Fountain, Henry, author.

Title:

The great quake : how the biggest earthquake in North America changed our understanding of the planet / Henry Fountain.

Publisher:

Crown,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

vii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964.
Earthquakes--Prince William Sound--Prince William Sound--History--20th century.
Prince William Sound (Alaska)--History--20th century.
Prince William Sound (Alaska)--History--History--20th century.
Earthquake damage--Prince William Sound Region--Prince William Sound Region--History--20th century.
Plafker, George,--1929-
Geologists--United States--Biography.
Seismology--Prince William Sound--Prince William Sound--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-269) and index.

Contents:

Altered state -- Under the mountain -- An accident of geography -- Clam broth and beer -- The floating world -- Spiking out -- Before the storm -- Faults -- Shaken -- Stunned -- The barnacle line -- Rebuilding -- Deep thinking -- Acceptance -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

1101904062
9781101904060

OCLC:

(OCoLC)962873453

LCCN:

2016059373

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