![](https://mirknig.su/uploads/posts/2017-12/thumbs/1514193674_fountain_quake.jpg) Автор: Henry Fountain Название: The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet Издательство: Crown Год: 2017 ISBN: 9781101904060 Язык: English Формат: epub Размер: 18,7 mb Страниц: 288
At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2. earthquake – the second most powerful in world history – struck the young state of Alaska. The violent shaking, followed by massive tsunamis, devastated the southern half of the state and killed more than 130 people. A day later, George Plafker, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, arrived to investigate. His fascinating scientific detective work in the months that followed helped confirm the then-controversial theory of plate tectonics.
In a compelling tale about the almost unimaginable brute force of nature, New York Times science journalist Henry Fountain combines history and science to bring the quake and its aftermath to life in vivid detail. With deep, on-the-ground reporting from Alaska, often in the company of George Plafker, Fountain shows how the earthquake left its mark on the land and its people -- and on science.
Maps Map of Alaska Map of the Alaska Earthquake of 1964 Chapter 1: Altered State Chapter 2: Under the Mountain Chapter 3: An Accident of Geography Chapter 4: Clam Broth and Beer Chapter 5: The Floating World Chapter 6: Spiking Out Chapter 7: Before the Storm Chapter 8: Faults Chapter 9: Shaken Chapter 10: Stunned Chapter 11: The Barnacle Line Chapter 12: Rebuilding Chapter 13: Deep Thinking Chapter 14: Acceptance Chapter 15: Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading Additional Sources About the Author
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