Active Tectonics - Impact on Society

Over 250,000 people were killed in the Tangshan, China earthquake of 1976, and other less active tectonic processes can disrupt river channels or have a grave impact on repositories of radioactive wastes. Since tectonic processes can be critical to many human activities, the Geophysics Study Committee Panel on Active Tectonics has presented an evaluation of the current state of knowledge about tectonic events, which include not only earthquakes but volcanic eruptions and similar events. This book addresses three main topics: the tectonic processes and their rates, methods of identifying and evaluating active tectonics, and the effects of active tectonics on society.

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Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Forum, National Research Council

Summary

Presents an evaluation of the state of knowledge about tectonic events, which includes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and similar events. This book addresses three main topics: the tectonic processes and their rates, methods of identifying and evaluating active tectonics, and the effects of active tectonics on society.

Product details

• Authors: Mathematics Commission on Physical Sciences, Commission On Physical Sciences Mathemat, Commission on Physical Sciences Mathematics and Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Geophysics Research Forum, Geophysics Study Committee, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1986
• EAN: 9780309073950
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07395-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Studies in Geophysics: A; Studies in Geophysics: A Series; Studies in Geophysics: A
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology