Krajick, Kevin,

Future Shocks. Kevin Krajick. - Smithsonian, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 8, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. 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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Geological Survey (U.S.)


Earthquake prediction
Geologists
Paleoseismology
Subduction zones
Tsunamis--Forecasting


Pacific Northwest

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