Earthquake Topics — Books
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Digital Online Geology - Earthquakes — Online version of "Earthquakes" by Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, and Dennis Tasa. This informative chapter about earthquakes has images, text, quizzes, and narrated animations explaining what happens when earthquakes occur. | |||
TASA Graphic Arts | Basics Books Damage from Earthquakes Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Intensity Locating Earthquakes Locations Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Seismic waves Shaking | ![]() ![]() ![]() | College High School |
Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion — links related to subjects covered in book | |||
W.H. Freeman & Co. | Basics Books Historic Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Tsunamis | ![]() | College |
Exploring the Dynamic Earth: GIS Investigations in the Earth Sciences — book with high quality lessons with maps, images, instructor's manual, teaching tips, etc. | |||
www.brookscole.com | Books Education resources GIS | ![]() | High School College |
Forces of Nature — companion to the "Forces of Nature" IMAX movie about Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Tornadoes; interactive learning plus lesson plans for the classroom | |||
National Geographic | Lessons online Education resources Books Basics | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Inside Geology - Chapter 10: Earthquakes — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries | |||
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Hazards Education resources Books Basics Preparedness | ![]() | College |
Inside Geology - Chapter 9: Folds, Faults and Mountains — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries | |||
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division | Books Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | ![]() | College |
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country — Earthquakes and prepardeness in southern California | |||
USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) | San Andreas Fault Preparedness Maps Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Hazards Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Effects, Earthquake Earthquake facts Books Basics | ![]() ![]() | General Audience |
Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure, An Introduction to — online companion to the textbook by Seth Stein and Michael Wysession with electronic versions of all images and access to homework problems and solutions; also includes errata | |||
Blackwell Publishing | Education resources Earth structure Books Basics Plate tectonics Seismic waves | ![]() ![]() | College General Audience |
Tectonic Geomorphology: Figures — Figures from the book "Tectonic Geomorphology" by Douglas W. Burbank and Robert S. Anderson | |||
Institute for Crustal Studies | Earth structure Books Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | ![]() | College |
The Wave that Shook the World — Online companion to the NOVA broadcast with excellent animations, Q&A, images, and lesson plans for teachers. | |||
PBS-NOVA | Books Effects, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes Lessons online Preparedness Tsunamis | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | College General Audience High School |
Theory of the Earth — online book on the science of earthquakes | |||
Caltech | Tsunamis Plate tectonics Books Basics | ![]() ![]() | College |