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The big one : the Cascadia earthquakes and the science of saving lives
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About earth movement and plate tectonics, and the possibility of earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area between British Columbia and northern California.
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- Creator
- Elizabeth Rusch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
- ©2020
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- 75 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780544889040, 0544889045
- OCLC
- on1099541160
- "Scientists in the Field / Geology Where Science Meets Adventure"-- Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-72) and index.
- The big one -- The mystery of the missing earthquakes -- Sherlock of the marshes -- Clues from the past -- A preposterous theory -- Lessons from landslides -- An ounce of prevention -- A little warning -- The science of saving yourself -- Don't be scared; get your community prepared
Subjects
- Cascadia Subduction Zone -- Juvenile literature.
- Earthquakes -- Northwest, Pacific -- Juvenile literature.
- Earthquake prediction -- Northwest, Pacific -- Juvenile literature.
- Plate tectonics -- Northwest, Pacific -- Juvenile literature.
- Plate tectonics -- Juvenile literature.
- Earthquake zones -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Juvenile literature.
- Subduction zones -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Juvenile literature.
- Earthquakes.
Children's Subject Heading
- Earthquake prediction.
Children's Subject Heading
- Plate tectonics.
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