Plate tectonics and great earthquakes : 50 years of earth-shaking events /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sykes, L. R. (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Sykes, L. R. Earthquakes > History. Seismic event location. Faults (Geology) Plate tectonics. Nuclear power plants > Earthquake effects. Earthquake prediction. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Transform faults : my road to seafloor spreading, continental drift, and plate tectonics
Childhood, high school, MIT, and Columbia University
Earthquakes along fracture zones and mid-oceanic ridges, 1963-1965
Earthquakes at subduction zones, 1965-1967
Subduction, plate tectonics, and the new global tectonics, 1967-1969
Earthquakes in the Caribbean and Alaska
Long-term earthquake prediction, seismic gaps : Alaska, Mexico, and South America
The 1906 earthquake and long-term prediction for California
My work with the U.S. National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council
Japanese earthquakes and the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Earthquakes in the eastern and central United States
Earthquake risks to nuclear power reactors : Indian Point and North Anna
Nuclear power reactors in the United States : lessons learned from the Fukushima disaster
Travels to earthquake countries and a trip to the Earth's mantle in Newfoundland
Advances in long-term earthquake prediction : future prospects.