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File Size: 19903 KB
Print Length: 273 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1101904062
Publisher: Crown (August 8, 2017)
Publication Date: August 8, 2017
Sold by: Random House LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B01N3VKRXW
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I am an old geologist and I worked in Alaska in 1961. Most of this work was in Anchorage, but we also ran a gravity survey along all existing roads and around the city. We used a base station a Elmendorf and city engineering data to establish the basis for our survey. When a big plane took off or landed at the airport, the gravity meter would not settle down for hours. There were many earthquakes during that year and I shared accommodation with other workers from our company down the hill from 4th street. We would be awakened by the shaking and the rattling of the coat hangers in the closet. Thus, the Good Friday earthquake came as no surprise and living and working in Los Angeles area at the time of the quake, it did not lead to much more than normal geological curiosity. My university training had introduced to me to some of the ongoing studies that would later confirm the ideas about plate tectonics. My knowledge of plate tectonics has increased with the continuing studies and research since that time and it was with this background that I read the kindle version of the book. The map of Alaska and the map of the area of the earthquake were not available for the kindle version and I should have investigated the hard cover version before reading the kindle version. To better understand the descriptions in the kindle version, I used google maps to see the relative location of what was being described in the book.The book needs more diagrams, pictures and exhibts to enhance the understanding of the descriptions. It was an enjoyable read and complimented what I had seen from an extended trip by car through Alaska in 2005 and visiting some of the areas where I had worked in 1961. Alaska is one the the greatest treasures of the US and this book will increase most peoples understanding of Alaska and its citizens.
I cannot claim this is a totally unbiased review, as my story as the teacher (Kristine Madsen) in Chenega at the time of this amazing geologic occurrence, was included in the narrative! However, Henry Fountain's extensive professional research and writing does deserve 5 stars.He presents the scientific facts in a manner that brings a very human aspect to the events preceding and following this powerful and revealing episode of the ever shifting movement of our earth. This book is informative, interesting and a highly readable account of a theory that, as a result of years of diligent field work by the intrepid geologist George Plafker;is now a proven fact!
"The Great Quake" recounts the Good Friday earthquake that hit Alaska on March 27, 1964, largest earthquake to hit North America, and the second most powerful earthquake on record anywhere.Anyone interested in geology or Alaska will get a lot out of this book. Fountain is a science journalist, and combines detailed reporting with clear explanations of the science of earthquakes, and what was first called "continental drift", now plate tectonics, which has transformed our understanding of geology.Vivid descriptions: "Many heard a deep roar as the quake got up to speed... the deep sounds were overwhelmed by the sharper and closer sounds of glass breaking, nails popping and wood splintering. Away from the cities and towns, some heard sharp cracks as thick ice shattered on lakes, or loud booms followed by a distant rushing sound as snow and rocks broke and tumbled down mountain sides. This being the height of the Cold War, many Alaskans who heard a booming sound thought that the Soviet Union must have dropped an atomic bomb on their state. In his cabin outside of Cordova, one woodsman was so convinced Russian battleships were shelling the coast that he grabbed his hunting rifle, hopped into his truck and drove toward town to fight the expected invaders in the streets."The book follows the personal narratives of two main characters. Kristine Madsen was a schoolteacher from southern California, teaching in the tiny Inuit town of Chenega along the coast, and George Plafker was a field geologist for the USGS who was the first to fly over the destruction following the quake. Madsen's schoolhouse stood seventy feet up a hill from the village on the shore, reachable only by a long staircase. It was almost the only structure left standing after the tsunami hit, sheltering children and other villagers who were able to race up the steps in time. Many could not.Plafker grew up in Brooklyn, and first studied rocks looking mica schists in Central Park. A love for field work and the vast outdoors led him to the US Geological Survey, and with them to Alaska. Plafker got so involved in trying to understand the earthquake that he began to write on geophysics, not just geological mapping which was his area. In the process, he became a key player in the development of Alfred Wegener's early 20th century idea of "continental drift", now understood as plate tectonics.Fountain's writing style is smooth, and I moved rapidly through the book. I spent more time on the geology and its history, and somewhat less time on other subjects covered: the destruction and rebuilding of Valdez, for example, and the impact on Alaskan state politics that followed the devastation. But the book moves well.Excellent book.
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