The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes In The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes Conevery Bolton Valencius tells a moving and mindboggling tale of the production and destruction of natural knowledge She follows the motley cast of amateurs who first tracked down the scientific evidence as well as the modernizing forces that buried it once again The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes Valencius Engagingly written and ambitiously researched—both in the scientific literature and the writings of the time—The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes will be an important resource in environmental history geology and seismology as well as history of science and medicine and early American and Native American history The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes by Conevery The book is a fascinating story of how knowledge of the New Madrid earthquakes of 181112 was gathered and disseminated then forgotten has history moved on and then has been relearned in modern times Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes Chicago People across North America wrote extensively about these dramatic events Yet now almost no one knows these earthquakes took place The Lost History pioneers connections between environmental history and the history of science to demonstrate that the New Madrid earthquakes were an important force in the early nineteenth century United States The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes In her book “The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes” Valencius chronicles this major environmental disaster demonstrating how events that have been long forgotten even denied and Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes Home Facebook Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes 123 likes Info on The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquake published Fall 2013 by University The lost history of the New Madrid earthquakes Book 2015 The lost history of the New Madrid earthquakes From December 1811 to February 1812 massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley collapsing homes snapping large trees midtrunk and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continents mightiest river New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–12 United States Britannica New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–12 series of three large earthquakes that occurred near New Madrid Missouri between December 1811 and February were thousands of aftershocks of which 1874 were large enough to be felt in Louisville Kentucky about 190 miles 300 km number of lives lost from the earthquakes remains unknown however scholars note that the number was 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes Wikipedia The 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes ˈ m æ d r ɪ d were a series of intense intraplate earthquakes beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 72–82 on December 16 1811 followed by a moment magnitude 74 aftershock on the same day Two additional earthquakes of similar magnitude followed in January and February of 1812
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ISBN: 022627375X
Release Date: 2015-03-24
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