Future Shocks. Kevin Krajick.
by Krajick, Kevin; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 8Science. Publisher: Smithsonian, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Earthquake prediction | Geological Survey (U.S.) | Geologists | Pacific Northwest | Paleoseismology | Subduction zones | Tsunamis -- ForecastingDDC classification: 050 Summary: Scientists in the unstable Pacific Northwest are turning to the past to try to predict the likelihood of earthquakes and tsunamis. Here, the author stresses that "by gathering more information about the past, paleoseismologists are becoming adept at mapping danger zones and spreading the warning, even if they can't say when the next one is due" (SMITHSONIAN).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Future Shocks, March 2005; pp. 38-46.
Scientists in the unstable Pacific Northwest are turning to the past to try to predict the likelihood of earthquakes and tsunamis. Here, the author stresses that "by gathering more information about the past, paleoseismologists are becoming adept at mapping danger zones and spreading the warning, even if they can't say when the next one is due" (SMITHSONIAN).
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