Active Faults of the World

ISBN-13: 9781108445689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 634 str.

Robert Yeats

Opis

The first worldwide survey of active earthquake faults, providing an important basis for protecting threatened cities in the developing world.

Recenzje

'The text descriptions are illustrated by easy-to-grasp maps of the areas under discussion. This is an essential reference work for anyone interested in earthquakes and their accompanying hazards.' Natural Hazards Observer

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Methods and background; 2. Introduction to North America: the Pacific–North America plate boundary; 3. San Andreas System and basin and range; 4. Caribbean Plate and Middle America subduction zone; 5. South America; 6. Africa, Arabia, and Western Europe; 7. Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and the Middle East; 8. India, the Himalaya, Mainland China, and Central Asia; 9. Japan and the Western Pacific; 10. Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands; References; Index.