Earthquake Topics — Books

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Organization	Topics	Content Types	Level
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	Graphics Info Lesson Plans	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	Info	College
Echando Raices en Tierra de Terremotos — Este manual provee información sobre por qué nos deben preocupar los terremotos en el Sur de California, qué debemos hacer para estar seguros y reducir el daño, y también qué debemos saber de lo básico sobre terremotos.
USGS & many other organizations	Basics Books Earthquake facts Effects, Earthquake Hazards Locating Earthquakes Locations Magnitudes Maps Preparedness	Graphics Info	General Audience
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	Lesson Plans	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	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	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	Info	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.	Info	College
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - NCA edition — Earthquakes and preparedeness in northern California
USGS & many other organizations	Basics Books Earthquake facts Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Locating Earthquakes Locations Magnitudes Maps Preparedness San Andreas Fault	Info Graphics	General Audience
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - SCA edition — Earthquakes and preparedeness 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	Info Graphics	General Audience
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - Utah edition — Earthquakes and prepardeness in Utah
Utah Seismic Safety Commission	Basics Books Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Locating Earthquakes Locations Magnitudes Maps Preparedness	Graphics Info	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	Lesson Plans Graphics	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.	Graphics	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	Graphics Info Interactive Lesson Plans	College General Audience High School
Theory of the Earth — online book on the science of earthquakes
Caltech	Tsunamis Plate tectonics Books Basics	Info Graphics	College

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