Download or read book The Tsunami of the Alaskan Earthquake 1964 written by Basil Wrigley Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this study is to evaluate the tsunami of Good Friday196k. The evaluation is directed to an engineering view of the causes,effects, and future protective measures. A secondary purpose is to evaluate the oceanographic and geophysical nature of tsunami generation.Based on the literature of earlier investigators and on field investigation by the authors, the study gives a picture of what occurred.Analyses by the authors also suggest an explanation of how it occurred.Started nearly two years after the event, the study had the advantage of collecting data from a great number of sources - sources that would not have been available much closer to the event. A disadvantage was that vital engineering evidence concerning structural damage was lost during cleanup and reconstruction.Nature of the earth dislocation is described and related to the generation, propagation, and dispersion of the main tsunami waves. Itis inferred that this earthquake (as perhaps many great earthquakes) was triggered by the lunisolar forces on the earth's crust at syzygy and by the moment-arm forces of local spring tide differentials. The complex tectonic movements may, for simplification, be imagined as a gigantic wave-paddle that pushed an initial wave 10 to 20 meters high along a front of 650 kilometers. Propagation of this enormous wave is followed-to Canada, Washington, Oregon, and California, to Hawaii, Russia, Japan,and New Zealand, even to Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica.Detailed studies of the main tsunami and local seismic sea waves are given for damaged areas in Alaska, especially those in Prince William Sound. Similar studies are presented for a'"as in Canada, Washington,Oregon and California. In addition to the wave analysis for each place,an engineering evaluation is presented for severely damaged areas.Included are marigrams of component waves and oscillations for manyplaces reached by the tsunami, based on a subjective analysis of tide gage records. These analyses relate the tsunami waves to local bay andshelf oscill ations, and to the local tides"--Page iii.
Download or read book Bad Friday written by Lew Freedman and published by Epicenter Press (WA). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In [the book], survivors share their personal stories of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake"--
Download or read book This is Chance written by Jon Mooallem and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Good Friday, 1964, Anchorage, Alaska earthquake, and newscaster Genie Chance remaining on-air to broadcast events.
Download or read book The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1968 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Quake written by Henry Fountain and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2017 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 27, 1964, at 5-36 p.m., the biggest earthquake ever recorded in North America--and the second biggest ever in the world, measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale--struck Alaska, devastating coastal towns and villages and killing more than 130 people in what was then a relatively sparsely populated region. In a riveting tale about the almost unimaginable brute force of nature, New York Times science journalist Henry Fountain, in his first trade book, re-creates the lives of the villagers and townspeople living in Chenega, Anchorage, and Valdez; describes the sheer beauty of the geology of the region, with its towering peaks and 20-mile-long glaciers; and reveals the impact of the quake on the towns, the buildings, and the lives of the inhabitants. George Plafker, a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey with years of experience scouring the Alaskan wilderness, is asked to investigate the Prince William Sound region in the aftermath of the quake, to better understand its origins. His work confirmed the then controversial theory of plate tectonics that explained how and why such deadly quakes occur, and how we can plan for the next one.
Download or read book Response to Disaster Alaskan Earthquake March 27 1964 Report written by United States. Federal Reconstruction and Development Planning Commission for Alaska and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Alaska Earthquake March 27 1964 Lessons and Conclusions written by Edwin Butt Eckel and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A summary of what was learned from a great earthquake about the bearing of geologic and hydrologic conditions on its effects, and about the scientific investigations needed to prepare for future earthquakes.
Download or read book Effects of the Alaska Earthquake of March 27 1964 on Shore Processes and Beach Morphology written by Kirk W. Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 Human ecology written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alaska s Good Friday Earthquake March 27 1964 written by Arthur Grantz and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Alaska Earthquake March 27 1964 written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of the March 1964 Alaska Earthquake on Glaciers written by Austin Post and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tsunami in Crescent City California March 27 1964 written by Beverly J. Raffaele and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-02-07 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the Gee family who survived the biggest tsunami to strike the main land of the United States. It struck on a beautiful night with a bright full moon, on good Friday in 1964. You'll hear the children and their heroic Dad.
Download or read book The Alaskan Earthquake 1964 written by Patricia M. Garny and published by Samhar Press. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events and aftermath of the great 1964 earthquake that caused some 300 million dollars worth of damage and considerable changes in the geography of Alaska.
Download or read book Field Survey of the Tsunamis of 28 March 1964 in Alaska and Conclusions as to the Origin of the Major Tsunami written by Eduard Berg and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 Hydrology pt A Text pt B A portfolio containing 7 charts 2 v written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prince William Sound Alaskan Earthquakes March April 1964 written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
