Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches.
Material type: TextSeries: World Book's library of natural disastersPublisher: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., [2018]Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 56 pages ; color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780716699378
- 9780716699286 (set)
- Landslides, mudslides, and avalanches
- QE 599.A2 .L239 2018
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reference | DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Reference | Reference | QE 599.A2 .L239 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 3SHS2019000878 |
Includes index.
Mass movement -- Landslides -- What is a landslide? -- Types of landslides -- China, 1920 -- What causes a landslide? -- What happens during a landslide? -- Landslide effects -- Alaska, 1964 -- Avoiding landslides -- Submarine landslides -- Mudslides -- What is a mudslide? -- Gansu mudslide of 2010 -- Devastating volcanic mudslides -- Rain-induced landslides -- Vargas mudslides of 1999 -- Mudslide in Oso, Washington -- Avalanches -- What is an avalanche? -- Why do avalanches happen? -- The Alps, 1999 -- What happens during an avalanche? -- The effects of avalanches -- Stevens Pass, 1910 -- Avalanche prevention and rescue -- Everest avalanches of 2014 and 2015.
"A discussion of landslides, mudslides, and avalanches, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant landslides and avalanches from history"-- Provided by publisher.
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