A Bibliography from the Library at the California Academy of Sciences
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information
http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/
A
general site with safety tips on how to deal with disasters after an earthquake.
CERES- California Environmental Resources Evaluation
System - Earthquake Information
http://ceres.ca.gov/theme/earthquakes.html
This
agency facilitates access to a variety of electronic data regarding earthquake
information for California.
Earthquake Hazards and Preparedness
http://quake.usgs.gov/hazprep/index.html
Gives
the latest quake information using maps and activity reports. Also describes
hazards of earthquakes.
Inside Geology - Earthquakes
http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/toc/topic10.html
This
student resource center provides links to the latest news about earthquakes,
and educational resources for students who want to learn more about geology.
Museum of the City of San Francisco - 1906 Earthquake
Information
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html
Links
to newspaper articles, earthquake damage reports, pictures, and more about the
1906 San Francisco earthquake.
NISEE: National Information Service for Earthquake
Engineering
Link
to information, guides, and resources about earthquake engineering.
Pacific Northwest Earthquake Information
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/
Link
to earthquake information and educational resources.
Plate Tectonics and the Cause of Earthquakes
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html
This
website provides detailed information about tectonic plates and how they cause
earthquakes.
Quake Country - San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/special/quakes/contents.html
This
is an information and resource guide about earthquakes.
The San Andreas Fault and the San Francisco Bay Area
http://sepwww.stanford.edu/oldsep/joe/fault_images/BayAreaSanAndreasFault.html
Information
about the San Andreas Fault and its prehistory. There are also related websites
and reference information.
Seismological Society of America
Information
about the Society, along with other links including news, upcoming meetings,
and other educational resources.
University of Nevada Seismological Laboratory
The
University of Nevada provides links to the recent earthquake activity around
Nevada and around the world. Other links include educational resources, research
projects, news highlights, and announcements.
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Information
USGS
information includes real-time shaking maps, earthquake probabilities for the
San Francisco Bay Area, and other educational and reference links.
Virtual Earthquake
http://vcourseware.calstatela.edu
An
on-line geology lab for introductory college and high school students to learn
about geology.
Bronson,
William. The Earth Shook, the Sky
Burned. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959. Main F869 .S3 B76 1959.
Gilbert,
Grove Carl. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906. Washington,
D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907. Main Serials 557.3 U58B no324.
Lawson,
Andrew C. and Harry Fielding Reid. The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906.
Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Main Serials 060
W276Cp no87.
:15 : Fifteen Seconds: The Great California Earthquake of 1989: A Book
to Benefit Earthquake Victims. San Francisco, CA: Tides Foundation,
1989. Pub. F868 .S156 F54 1989.
Lessons Learned From the Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October
17, 1989. Reston, VA: Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey:
Books and Open-File Reports Section, 1989. REF Wild California & IZ&G
QE535.2 .C3 L48 1989.
The Loma Prieta (Santa Cruz Mountains), California Earthquake of 17
October 1989. Sacramento, CA: State of California, Dept. of Conservation,
Division of Mines and Geology, 1990. Main QE535.2 .C3 L65 1990.
Putting the Pieces Together: The Loma Prieta Earthquake One Year Later:
Proceedings, October 15-18, 1990. Oakland, CA: Bay Area Regional Earthquake
Preparedness Project, 1990. Main QE535.2 .C3 P87 1990.
Ward, et al. The Loma Prieta Earthquake of October 17, 1989: What Happened, What is Expected, What Can be Done. [Menlo Park]: U.S. Geological Survey, 1989. Pub, Main, & REF Wild California QE525.2 .C3 L54 1989.
Ayer,
Eleanor H. Earthquake Country: Traveling
California's Fault Lines. Frederick, CO: Renaissance House, 1992.
REF Wild California QE535.2 .C3 A94 1992.
Bortugno,
Edward J. Living on the Fault II: A Field Guide to
the Visible Evidence of the San Andreas Fault. Oakland, CA: BAREPP,
1990. REF Wild California QE606.5 .U5 B672 1990.
California at Risk: Reducing Earthquake Hazards, 1987-1992.
Sacramento, CA: California Seismic Safety Commission, 1989. Main QE535.2 .C3
C35 1989.
Clarke,
Thurston. California Fault: Searching for the Spirit
of State Along the San Andreas. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. Pub
GF504 .C2 C53 1996.
Deshpande,
B. G. Earthquakes, Animals and Man.
Pune, India: Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science, 1987.
Main QE538.8 .D47 1987.
Gere,
James M. Terra Non Firma: Understanding
and Preparing for Earthquakes. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1984. Main
REF QE534.2 .G47 1984.
Heppenheimer,
T. A. The Coming Quake: Science and
Trembling on the California Earthquake Frontier. New York: Paragon
House, 1990. Main QE538.8 .H47 1990.
Karplus,
Walter J. The Heavens are Falling: The Scientific
Prediction of Catastrophes in Our Time. New York: Plenum Press, 1992.
Pub CB161 .K36 1992.
McCarthy,
Leo T. Planning for the Next One:
An Examination of California's Earthquake Preparedness: A Report. Sacramento,
CA: Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 1991. Main HV551.4 .C2 M32 1991.
Morton,
R.L. Music of the Earth: Volcanoes, Earthquakes,
and other Geological Wonder. New York: Plenum Press, 1996. Pub QE31
.M67 1996.
Nance,
John J. On Shaky Ground: America's
Earthquake Alert. New York: Avon Books, 1989. REF Health & Safety
QE534.2 .N36 1989.
Olson,
Richard Stuart. The Politics of Earthquake
Prediction. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, c1989. Main QE538.8
.O36 1989.
Probabilities of Large Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region,
California. Reston, VA: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological
Survey, 1990. Main Folio QE535.2 .C3 P76 1990.
Reiter,
L. Earthquake Hazard Analysis: Issues
and Insights. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. Main QE539.2
.S34 R45 1991.
Scholtz,
C.H. The Mechanics of Earthquakes
and Faulting. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Main REF QE534.2.S37 1990.
Steinbrugge,
Karl V. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and
Tsunamis: An Anatomy of Hazards. New York: Skandia America Group, 1982.
IZ&G QE506 .S74 1982.
Understanding Global Issues. 93/2: Earthquakes & Volcanoes: Living
with the Restless Earth. Cheltenham, England: European Schoolbooks
Publishing, Limited, 1992 . Biodiv REF GE140 .U52.
Wahrhaftig,
Clyde. A Streetcar to Subduction: and Other Plate Tectonic Trips by Public
Transportation in San Francisco. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical
Union, 1984. REF Wild California QE511.4 .W33 1984.
Booth,
Basil. Earthquakes and Volcanoes. New York:
New Discovery Books, 1992. Pub Juv QE521.3 .B66 1992.
Booth,
Basil. Volcanes y terremotos.
Mexico D.F.: Fernandez Editores, 1994. Pub Juv QE521.3 .B6618 1994.
Christian,
Spencer and Antonia Felix. Shake,
Rattle and Roll: The World’s Most Amazing Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Other
Forces. New York: J. Wiley and Sons, 1997. Pub Juv QE521.3 .C47 1997.
Enderle,
Judith A. Francis, the Earthquake
Dog. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1996. Pub Juv PZ7.E6965
Fr 1996.
Field,
Nancy and Adele Schepige. Discovering
Earthquakes: Mysteries, Secret Codes, Games, Mazes. Middleton, WI: Dog-Eared
Publications, c1995. Pub Juv & Biodiv Juv QE534.2 .F53 1995.
Givon,
Hannah Gelman. We Shake in a Quake. Berkeley, CA:
Tricycle Press, [1999]. Biodiv Juv QE521.3 .G58 1999.
Knight,
Linsay. Volcanoes & Earthquakes. [Alexandria,
Va.]: Time-Life Books, c1995. Pub Juv QE521.3 .V643 1995.
Newton,
David E. Earthquakes. New York: Franklin
Watts, c1993. Pub Juv QE521.3 .N49 1993.
Pettigrew,
Mark. Planet Earth. Los Angeles, CA:
Price Stern Sloan, 1987. Pub Juv QE29 .P47 1987
Simon,
Seymour. Earthquakes. New
York: Morrow Junior Books, 1991. Pub Juv QE521.3 .S54 1991.
Stidworthy,
John. Earthquakes & Volcanoes. San
Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 1996. Pub Juv QE521.3 .S75 1996.
VanCleave,
Janice Pratt. Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn
into Science Fair Projects. New York: Wiley, 1993. Pub Juv QE521.3
.V37 1993.
Van
Rose, Susanna. Volcano & Earthquake. New York: Knopf, distributed by
Random House, 1992. Pub Juv QE521.3 .V36 1992.
Walker,
Jane. Earthquakes. New York : Shooting Star
Press, 1993. Pub Juv QE534.2 .W34 1993.
Cook,
Nancy. Measuring Earthquakes.
Menlo Park, CA: Innovative Learning Publications, Addison Wesley, 1994. Pub
QE539.2 .I5 C66 1994.
Movers and Shakers: An Earthquake Preparedness Program. Bloomington,
IL: State Farm Insurance Company Earthquake Consortium, 1991. Pub QE534.2 .M68
1991.
Wright,
Russell G. Earthquake!: An Event Based
Science Module. Menlo Park, CA: Innovative Learning Publications, Addison-Wesley,
1996. Pub QE535.W74 1996.
Appell,
David. “Danger Signals,” New Scientist 174, no. 2347 (June 15,
2002): 12. Main Serials Q1 .N52.
Bowler,
Sue. “Seeing with Seismics,” New Scientist 172, no. 2316 (November
10, 2001): insert 1-4. Main Serials Q1 .N52.
Jones,
Nicola. “The Quake Machine,” New Scientist 170, no. 2297 (June
30, 2001): 34-37. Main Serials Q1 .N52.
Jones,
Nicola. “Warning! 25 Seconds Till Disaster Strikes,” New Scientist
175, no. 2357 (August 24, 2002): 19. Main Serials Q1 .N52.
Kellis-Borok,
Vladimir. “Earthquake Prediction: State-of-the-art and Emerging Possibilities,”
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science 30 (2002): 1-33. Main Serials
QE1 .A55.
Marone,
Chris. “Stressed to Quaking Point,” Nature 419, no. 6902 (September
5, 2002): 32. Main Serials Q1.N28.
Murray,
Jessica and Paul Segall. “Testing Time-predictable Earthquake Recurrence
by Direct Measurement of Strain Accumulation and Release,” Nature
419, no. 6904 (September 19, 2002): 287-291. Main Serials Q1.N28.
Sammis,
C. G. and D. Sornette. “Positive Feedback, Memory, and the Predictability
of Earthquakes,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America 99, no. 4 (February 19, 2002 supp1): 2501-2508.
Main Serials Q11 .N26.
Stokstad,
Erik. “Deep Quakes Slow but Very Steady,” Science 295, no. 5564
(March 29, 2002): 2344-2345. Main Serials Q1 .S35.
Wiens,
Douglas A. and Nathaniel O. Snider. “Repeating Deep Earthquakes: Evidence
for Fault Reactivation at Great Depth,” Science 293, no. 5534 (August
24, 2001): 1463-1466. Main Serials Q1 .S35.
Bolt it Down: A Homeowners Guide to Earthquake Protection.
Pasadena, CA: International Conference of Building Officials, 1993. Pub TA658.44
.B64 1993.
The American Experience: The Great San Francisco Earthquake: 1906.
Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1989. Biodiv F869 .S357 G73 1989
When the Bay Area Quakes. Menlo Park, CA: U.S. Geological
Survey, 1990. Pub QE535.2 .C3 W44 1990.
Materials with call numbers Pub, Pub Juv, Biodiv, and Biodiv Juv are available for loan to Academy members.
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