Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis: projects and principles for beginning geologists/ Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2009Description: viii, 136 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9781556528019Subject(s): Volcanoes | Earthquakes | Educational gamesDDC classification: 551.22Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 551.22 LEV/E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P08435 |
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The secrets of the Earth. The cracked egg ; Scraping plates ; The birth of mountains ; Falling towers --
If you had been there. Liquefaction --
When the ocean rolls. Convection ; Generating a tsunami ; Tsunami in a tub --
Earthquake messages. Pressure waves ; Shear waves ; The speed of waves ; Wave reflection ; Wave refraction ; The strength of water --
How strong was it? Build a seismometer ; A pendulum ; Another pendulum experiment ; The seismograph --
From myth to science. The shaking experiment ; Making predictions ; Mapping the risk --
Can animals predict earthquakes? --
Should we fight of fool the quakes? A push-pull demonstration ; A bending demonstration ; Isolation ; Building on pads ; A pendulum isolator --
The smoking mountains. A spewing volcano ; Another volcanic eruption ; Build a cardboard volcano ; A smoking volcano ; Geothermal energy.
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