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Title The big one : the Cascadia earthquakes and the science of saving lives / Elizabeth Rusch.
Author Rusch, Elizabeth, author.
Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
©2020
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Description 75 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Scientists in the field
Note "Scientists in the Field / Geology Where Science Meets Adventure"-- Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-72) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary About earth movement and plate tectonics, and the possibility of earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area between British Columbia and northern California.
Audience Age 10-12.
Grade 4 to 6.
Subject 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.
Earthquake prediction.
Plate tectonics.
Genre Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.
Added Title Cascadia earthquakes and the science of saving lives
ISBN 9780544889040 (hardcover) : $18.99
0544889045 (hardcover)
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