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040 _aAEA
_cAEA
_dAEA
_erda
050 0 0 _aQE 599.A2
_b.K968 2008
100 1 _aKusky, Timothy M.
_915037
245 1 0 _aLandslides :
_bmass wasting, soil, and mineral hazards
_cTimothy Kusky.
260 _aNew York :
_bFacts on File,
_c[2008]
264 1 _aNew York :
_bFacts on File,
_c[2008]
265 _aGBS
300 _axvi, 128 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
490 1 _aThe hazardous Earth.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 113-120) and index.
505 0 _aWeathering and the formation of soils -- Hazardous elements in soils and the regolith -- Water in the regolith: expansive clays, liquefaction, and groundwater pollution -- Mass wasting processes -- Undersea landslides -- Landslide disasters -- Reduction of landslide hazards and damages.
520 _a"Examines the formation of soil from regolith--the outermost layer of Earth--and bedrock and discusses some of the hazardous elements that are concentrated in it"--P. [4] of cover.
650 0 _aLandslides
_vJuvenile literature.
_915038
650 0 _aMass-wasting
_vJuvenile literature.
_915039
650 0 _aLandslide hazard analysis
_vJuvenile literature.
_915040
830 0 _aHazardous earth.
_915041
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024674.html
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_cREF
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