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Author: Sara Gilbert Publisher: Creative Paperbacks ISBN: 9781628325119 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Around the world, geological phenomena shape landscapes and create breathtaking scenery. In language fit for the youngest geologists, Earth Rocks! explores six geological formations and phenomena, explaining how they form or occur as well as any damages they may cause. Photographs of famous locations and events complement the text, while a closing activity encourages applied understanding of important scientific concepts. An elementary exploration of landslides, focusing on the geological evidence that helps explain how and where they form and spotlighting famous examples, such as the 2013 Indian landslides.
Author: Sara Gilbert Publisher: Creative Paperbacks ISBN: 9781628325119 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Around the world, geological phenomena shape landscapes and create breathtaking scenery. In language fit for the youngest geologists, Earth Rocks! explores six geological formations and phenomena, explaining how they form or occur as well as any damages they may cause. Photographs of famous locations and events complement the text, while a closing activity encourages applied understanding of important scientific concepts. An elementary exploration of landslides, focusing on the geological evidence that helps explain how and where they form and spotlighting famous examples, such as the 2013 Indian landslides.
Author: Rance Gregory Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 059534092X Category : Languages : en Pages : 269
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A terrible secret is hidden somewhere in the brush-covered hills of Johnson Ranch, one of the largest remaining undeveloped parcels of land in Los Angeles. Angst-ridden County Supervisor Scott Donovan-struggling with an early mid-life crisis and a prolonged estrangement from the woman he loves suddenly falls into a dangerous political controversy, inexorably leading him to uncover the mysteries of the ranch. Coveted by developers for its profit potential, by environmentalists for its sloping hills rich in wildlife, and by political leaders for its capacity to accommodate economic expansion-Johnson Ranch becomes a critical battleground in the ongoing war between powerful business advocates and staunch anti-growth activists seeking to shape the future of the Los Angeles megalopolis. The story begins when Earl Johnson, patriarch of the eponymous ranch, passes away, setting off a frenzied fight over his estate. Ambitious developers swoop in and local leaders jockey for political advantage. An adulterous city planner, the planner's cuckolded husband, and Supervisor Scott Donovan are soon intertwined by frayed threads of secrets and lies, culminating in a deadly landslide of greed, lust, politics and murder.
Author: Stephen G. Evans Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1402040377 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 662
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Amongst the thematic topics discussed are global frequency, impacts on society, analysis of initial rock slope failure, monitoring of rock slope movement, analysis and modeling of post-failure behaviour, volcanic landslides, and influences of massive rock slope failure on the geomorphological evolution of mountain regions. Regional contributions include reports on rockslides and rock avalanches in Norway, western Canada, the Andes of Argentina, the Karakoram Himalaya, the European Alps, the Appennines, and the mountains of Central Asia. Rockslides and rock avalanches in the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union are discussed in detail for the first time in an English-language book. These landslides include the 1911 Usoi rockslide, that dammed 75 km-long Lake Sarez, and the 1949 Khait rock avalanche that may have killed up to 28,000 people. Both landslides were earthquake-triggered and both are located in Tajikistan. An additional highlight is a detailed description and analysis of large-scale artificial rock avalanches triggered by underground nuclear explosions during the testing programme of the former Soviet Union.
Author: John J. Clague Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107002060 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 435
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A comprehensive, one-stop synthesis of landslide science, for researchers and graduate students in geomorphology, engineering geology and geophysics.
Author: Jeffrey Zuehlke Publisher: LernerClassroom ISBN: 1580138691 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Do you know what a landslide is? Where landslides happen? How to stay safe if a landslide is coming? Read this book and discover the answers!
Author: Quido Zaruba Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0444601775 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 214
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Landslides and Their Control provides information on slope stability; the origin of slope movements; and methods on how they are investigated, controlled, and prevented. The book covers topics such as soil and rock mechanics; the influence of ground water on landslides; as well as other factors that produce sliding movement. The book also includes the different types of landslides as well as examples from different territories; its investigation, interpretation of stability, and stability analysis; and corrective measures involved. The monograph is recommended for geologists who would like to know more about the nature of landslides and how they can be prevented, especially those who work in service for the government.
Author: Fabio Vittorio de Blasio Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9400711220 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 408
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Landslides represent one of the most destructive natural catastrophes. They can reach extremely long distances and velocities, and are capable of wiping out human communities and settlements. Yet landslides have a creative facet as they contribute to the modification of the landscape. They are the consequence of the gravity pull jointly with the tectonic disturbance of our living planet. Landslides are most often studied within a geotechnical and geomorphological perspective. Engineering calculations are traditionally applied to the stability of terrains. In this book, landslides are viewed as a physical phenomenon. A physical understanding of landslides is a basis for modeling and mitigation and for understanding their flow behavior and dynamics. We still know relatively little about many aspects of landslide physics. It is only recently that the field of landslide dynamics is approaching a more mature stage. This is testified by the release of modelling tools for the simulation of landslides and debris flows. In this book the emphasis is placed on the problems at the frontier of landslide research. Each chapter is self-consistent, with questions and arguments introduced from the beginning.
Author: Oldrich Hungr Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1439833710 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 776
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Landslide Risk Management comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, held in Vancouver, Canada, from May 31 to June 3, 2005. The first part of the book contains state-of-the-art and invited lectures, prepared by teams of authors selected for their experience in specific topics assigned to them by the JTC
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