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The Resource Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis : projects and principles for beginning geologists, Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori, (electronic resource)

Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis : projects and principles for beginning geologists, Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori, (electronic resource)

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Presents a scientific survey that provides a vivid exploration of natural phenomena. This title demonstrates how to build a seismograph to record a simulated earthquake, compare pressure waves and shear waves - the two types of ground shocks - with a Slinky, and replicate a tsunami's destructive effect on a 'coastline' built in a bathtub
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eng
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1 online resource (viii, 136 p.)
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  • Includes index
  • Originally published: Earthquake games. New York : M.K. McElderry Books, c1997
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  • Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Secrets of the Earth; 2. If You Had Been There; 3. When the Ocean Rolls; 4. Earthquake Messages; 5. How Strong Was It?; 6. From Myth to Science; 7. Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?; 8. Should We Fight or Fool the Quakes?; 9. The Smoking Mountains; Conclusion; Appendix: Important Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis; Resources; Index
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9781569762554
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Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis : projects and principles for beginning geologists
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Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis
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projects and principles for beginning geologists
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Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori
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eng
Summary
Presents a scientific survey that provides a vivid exploration of natural phenomena. This title demonstrates how to build a seismograph to record a simulated earthquake, compare pressure waves and shear waves - the two types of ground shocks - with a Slinky, and replicate a tsunami's destructive effect on a 'coastline' built in a bathtub
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QE521.3
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.L486 2009eb
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non fiction
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dictionaries
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Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis : projects and principles for beginning geologists, Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori, (electronic resource)
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Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis : projects and principles for beginning geologists, Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori, (electronic resource)
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https://tulsalibrary.freading.com/ebooks/details/r:download/NDIzODE0OTc=
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  • Includes index
  • Originally published: Earthquake games. New York : M.K. McElderry Books, c1997
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Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Secrets of the Earth; 2. If You Had Been There; 3. When the Ocean Rolls; 4. Earthquake Messages; 5. How Strong Was It?; 6. From Myth to Science; 7. Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?; 8. Should We Fight or Fool the Quakes?; 9. The Smoking Mountains; Conclusion; Appendix: Important Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis; Resources; Index
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