SJSU Geology 112 Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Additional Course Readings

this page last updated Tue, Apr 29, 2003

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Volcanoes and volcanic hazards

Earthquakes and earthquake hazards

Prediction

Mitigation

Insurance


Volcanoes and volcanic hazards

Slides on Nicaraguan volcano activated by Hurricane Mitch, Fall 1998

Activity of Popocateptl, México, in summer 1997

USGS color-coded ranking scheme for volcanic activity

Summary of the first 100 days of the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption


Earthquakes and earthquake hazards

Hawaiian submarine landslide could cause gigantic tsunami

Fire hazards after an earthquake, by K.C. Garrigan, G112 alumnus

Earthquake magnitudes


Prediction

Using clouds to predict earthquakes?!

Do earth tides influence earthquake occurrence?

One seismologist's view of earthquake prediction

QuakeAlert: a battery-powered earthquake alarm system


Mitigation

Economic realities of retrofitting

Risk estimation: When the Big One hits L.A., the Bay Area, or Tokyo


Insurance

Impact of the Northridge earthquake on the financial sector, by Thomas Russell

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