earthquake: Bibliography

See C. H. Scholz, The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting (1991); C. Lomnitz, Fundamentals of Earthquake Prediction (1994); D. S. Brumbaugh, Earthquakes: Science and Society (1998); B. A. Bolt, Earthquakes (4th ed. 1999). See also bibliography under seismology.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Major Earthquakes
• Earthquake Warning Systems
• Damage Caused by Earthquakes
• Seismic Waves
• Causes of Earthquakes
• Bibliography

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