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02384cam a2200289 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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0000061678 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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0001 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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100730s2010 nyuab b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780231522410 (ebook) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780231151399 (pbk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780231151382 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
551.220978 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
551.220978 |
| Item number |
STE-D |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Stein, Seth. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Disaster deferred |
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[Book] : |
| Remainder of title |
how new science is changing our view of earthquake hazards in the Midwest / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Seth Stein. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Columbia University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 282 p. : |
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ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"Disaster deferred: a new view of earthquake hazards in the new madrid seismic zone"--Cover title |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as the biggest ever to hit the United States-shook the Midwest. Today the federal government ranks the hazard in the Midwest as high as California's and is pressuring communities to undertake expensive preparations for disaster. Coinciding with the two-hundredth anniversary of the New Madrid earthquakes, Disaster Deferred revisits these earthquakes, the legends that have grown around them, and the predictions of doom that have followed in their wake. Seth Stein clearly explains the techniques seismologists use to study Midwestern quakes and estimate their danger. Detailing how limited scientific knowledge, bureaucratic instincts, and the media's love of a good story have exaggerated these hazards, Stein calmly debunks the hype surrounding such predictions and encourages the formulation of more sensible, less costly policy. Powered by insider knowledge and an engaging style, Disaster Deferred shows how new geological ideas and data, including those from the Global Positioning System, are painting a very different-and much less frightening-picture of the future. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
All. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Earthquake prediction |
| General subdivision |
Technological innovations. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Earthquake prediction |
| Geographic subdivision |
Middle West. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Earthquake Hazard analysis |
| Geographic subdivision |
Middle West. |
| 852 ## - LOCATION |
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| Piece designation |
44914 |
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2025.58 |
| Classification part |
551.220978 STE-D |
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Book Field International |
| Sublocation or collection |
Ground Floor |
| Former shelving location |
Books |
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1 |
| Piece physical condition |
1-New |
| Location |
JZL-CUI |
