The earthquake observers : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter / Deborah R. Coen.

Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This knowledge rests not only on the recordings of seismographs, but also on the observations of eyewitnesses to destruction. During the nineteenth century, a scientific description of an ear...

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Main Author: Coen, Deborah R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013, ©2013.
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