| #11630518 in Books | 2010-07-30 | Original language:English | 9.00 x.76 x6.00l, | File type: PDF | 320 pages||About the Author|AMITA SINVHAL (nee Amita Agarwal) is Professor at the Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Her fields of specialization are Engineering Seismology, Seismotectonics, Engineering Geophysics, and Seismic Ex
Earthquake is one of the most devastating natural phenomena. Understanding the cause and mechanism of this phenomenon is the key to reducing its toll on human life and property. This book aims to demystify earthquakes by explaining the basics - seismicity, causes of earthquakes, plate tectonics, seismic waves, magnitude of earthquakes, faults in earth, seismotectonics, seismic zoning, how earthquakes are monitored and how data are used as a tool to understand the earth'...
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