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The big one : the Cascadia earthquakes and the science of saving lives /

About earth movement and plate tectonics, and the possibility of earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area between British Columbia and northern California.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rusch, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
Series:Scientists in the field.
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 > Juvenile literature.
Earthquakes.
Earthquake prediction.
Plate tectonics.
Description
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.
Item Description:"Geology : where science meets adventure"--front cover.
Physical Description:75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-72) and index.
ISBN:9780544889040
0544889045