Henry Fountain
1) The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
Author
Pub. Date
2017
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Description
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history—the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega—and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place.
At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2. earthquake—the second most powerful in world...
At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2. earthquake—the second most powerful in world...
2) The great quake: how the biggest earthquake in North America changed our understanding of the planet
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
vii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Description
"In the tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and obliterated the coastal village of Chenega--and the scientist sent to look for geological clues to explain the dynamics of earthquakes, who helped to confirm the then controversial theory of plate tectonics. On March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m., the biggest...