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The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet

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The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet - Fountain, Henry
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Examines the biggest earthquake in recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and obliterated the coastal village of Chenega--and the scientist sent to look for geological clues to explain the dynamics of earthquakes, who helped to confirm the then controversial theory of plate tectonics.

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The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet 2018, Crown Publishing Group (NY)

ISBN-13: 9781101904084

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The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet 2017, Crown Publishing Group (NY)

ISBN-13: 9781101904060

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