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100 1 Fountain, Henry,|eauthor.
245 14 The great quake|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]
|bhow the biggest earthquake in North America changed our
understanding of the planet /|cHenry Fountain.
264 1 New York :|bCrown,|c2017.
300 1 sound file :|bdigital
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500 Electronic audio file.
505 0 Under the Mountain -- An Accident of Geography -- Clam
Broth and Beer -- The Floating World -- Spiking Out --
Before the Storm -- Faults -- Shaken -- Stunned -- The
Barnacle Line -- Rebuilding -- Deep Thinking -- Acceptance
-- Epilog.
520 2 "In the tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, a
riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in
recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan
earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and
obliterated the coastal village of Chenega--and the
scientist sent to look for geological clues to explain the
dynamics of earthquakes, who helped to confirm the then
controversial theory of plate tectonics. On March 27, 1964,
at 5:36 p.m., the biggest earthquake ever recorded in
North America--and the second biggest ever in the world,
measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale--struck Alaska,
devastating coastal towns and villages and killing more
than 130 people in what was then a relatively sparsely
populated region. In a riveting tale about the almost
unimaginable brute force of nature, New York Times science
journalist Henry Fountain, in his first trade book, re-
creates the lives of the villagers and townspeople living
in Chenega, Anchorage, and Valdez; describes the sheer
beauty of the geology of the region, with its towering
peaks and 20-mile-long glaciers; and reveals the impact of
the quake on the towns, the buildings, and the lives of
the inhabitants. George Plafker, a geologist for the U.S.
Geological Survey with years of experience scouring the
Alaskan wilderness, is asked to investigate the Prince
William Sound region in the aftermath of the quake, to
better understand its origins. His work confirmed the then
controversial theory of plate tectonics that explained how
and why such deadly quakes occur, and how we can plan for
the next one"--|cProvided by publisher.
533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York|cPenguin Random House
Audio Publishing Group|d2017|nAvailable via World Wide
Web.
600 10 Plafker, George,|d1929-
650 0 Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964.|vSound recordings.
650 0 Earthquakes|zAlaska|zPrince William Sound Region|xHistory
|y20th century.|vSound recordings.
650 0 Earthquake damage|zAlaska|zPrince William Sound Region
|xHistory|y20th century.|vSound recordings.
650 0 Geologists|zUnited States|vBiography.|vSound recordings.
650 0 Seismology|zAlaska|zPrince William Sound Region|xHistory
|y20th century.|vSound recordings.
651 0 Prince William Sound Region (Alaska)|xHistory|y20th
century.
651 0 Prince William Sound Region (Alaska)|xEnvironmental
conditions|xHistory|y20th century.
655 7 Electronic audio books.|2local
710 2 OverDrive, Inc.,|edistributor.
856 40 |zClick here to access this title using your Naperville
Public Library card|uhttps://naperville.overdrive.com/
media/3033976
856 42 |zClick here to access excerpt|uhttps://
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