Volcanoes & earthquakes: geologic violence
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McGraw-Hill
1976
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| Beschreibung: | XIII, 143 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0070474923 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Preface xi
ONE____________________________
GEOLOGIC TIME, GEOLOGIC PRINCIPLES, AND GEOLOGIC
VIOLENCE 1
Vastness of geologic time and the pace of geologic processes 2
Catastrophic action of volcanoes and earthquakes 6
Alaskan earthquake 7
Eruption of the volcano Krakatoa 9
Summary 10
TWO ____________________
GREAT NATURAL DISASTERS 11
Earth hazards to human life and property—In perspective 11
Earthquake risk 12
So, how do we evaluate earthquake risk? 18
vili CONTENTS
Risks of volcanic eruptions 1^
Summary 22
THREE
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WORLDWIDE PATTERNS: A CONNECTION? 23
Earthquakes 23
Volcanoes 25
The grand picture: Moving crustal plates and their junctures 26
Summary 29
FOUR____________________________
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS: THE MAKING OF VOLCANIC
ROCKS 31
Volcanic landforms 31
Where does lava come from and how does it move? 35
What do volcanoes erupt and why? 35
Gases 36
Lava 37
Rocks 37
The rock-forming minerals 38
Structures in volcanic rocks 39
Explosive volcanic rocks 41
Summary 42
FIVE
HAWAIIAN AND FLOOD-BASALT ERUPTIONS: THE SHIELD
VOLCANOES AND FISSURE ERUPTIONS 44
Pacific hotspot: The Hawaiian volcanoes 44
Columbia River Plateau 47
Lava Beds National Monument and the Modoc Plateau 47
Summary 48
SIX
ERUPTIVE VIOLENCE: SOME TYPE VOLCANOES AND
ERUPTIONS 49
Iceland, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge 49
Eruptive types 52
Composite volcanoes 53
Cascade Range 53
Lassen Peak 53
CONTENTS ix
Mount Shasta 54
Mount Erebus 55
Cerro Negro 55
Cinder cones 55
Amboy Crater 57
Paricutin Volcano 58
Summary 59
SEVEN
LATE STAGES OF VOLCANISM AND VOLCANIC
AFTERMATH 61
Fumaroles, hot springs, and geysers 61
Yellowstone National Park 62
Energy from volcanic heat 64
Summary 65
EIGHT
FOUR BILLION YEARS OF VOLCANISM 67
Summary 69
NINE
OBSERVATIONS OF A GREAT EARTHQUAKE AND THE
FEATURES OF FAULTS 71
Owens Valley, California, earthquake of 1872 71
Faulting and types of fault movement 75
Summary 77
TEN
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT SYSTEM, ITS EARTHQUAKE
HISTORY, AND THE ELASTIC REBOUND THEORY 79
Location and extent 82
Geology of the fault zone 82
Land forms in the fault zone 83
Earthquake history 83
The elastic rebound theory 87
Summary 88
EARTHQUAKE WAVES AND THEIR EFFECTS 90
Three types of waves 90
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Recording earthquake waves 91
The hazards of earthquake waves 93
Summary 94
TWELVE__________________________
GREAT AND DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKES IN WORLD
HISTORY 96
One of history s greatest—Lisbon, 1755 96
Mississippi Valley, 1811 and 1812 97
Hebgen Lake, Montana, 1959 98
Summary 100
THIRTEEN
EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY: TWO MODERATE CALIFORNIA
EARTHQUAKES 101
Long Beach-Compton, 1933 1°2
Building failures 103
Ground failures 104
Origin of the earthquake—Newport-lnglewood fault zone 105
San Fernando earthquake, 1971 106
Geologic setting 106
Surface faulting, ground breaking, and landslides 108
Structural damage 109
Summary 109
FOURTEEN_______________________
PEOPLE, PROTECTION, AND PREDICTION ÏTi
Earthquake protection: A continuing public problem m
What can government do? 112
What can we do in our homes? 113
Benefits from volcanoes 115
Prediction of volcanism—Monitoring the great volcanoes 116
Benefits from faults and earthquakes 118
Deepening knowledge of the earth s interior 118
Finding oil and other minerals 119
Prediction of earthquakes—Scientific dreams or reailty? 120
Clues to earthquake prediction 120
Consequences of earthquake prediction 121
A Look at the Future—Earthquake Control? 121
Supplemental Reading 123
Index 12g
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