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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The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet 
