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Landslides and avalanches in action / Louise and Richard Spilsbury.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Natural disasters in actionPublication details: New York : Rosen Central, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781404218680 (lib. bdg.)
  • 9781404218772 (set : lib. bdg.)
  • 1404218688
  • 1404218777
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.3/07 22
LOC classification:
  • QE599.A2 .S747 2009
Contents:
What is a landslide? -- What is an avalanche? -- Triggering flow -- Case study: Nevado del Huila, Colombia, 1994 -- Case study: Sarno, Italy, 1998 -- Case study: Galtuer, Austria, 1999 -- Case study: Orosi, Costa Rica, 2002 -- Case study: Panabaj, Guatemala, 2005 -- Case study: Mount Kanguru, Nepal, 2005 -- Prediction, preparation, and prevention.
Summary: Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduces young readers to the dangers of landslides and avalanches, and describes what causes them, explains how to predict and prevent them; and also profiles several landslides and avalanches throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Riverfield Country Day School Non-fiction 551 Natural Disasters (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Shelved in Non Fiction 551 Natural Disasters T0085404
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Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduces young readers to the dangers of landslides and avalanches, and describes what causes them, explains how to predict and prevent them; and also profiles several landslides and avalanches throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

What is a landslide? -- What is an avalanche? -- Triggering flow -- Case study: Nevado del Huila, Colombia, 1994 -- Case study: Sarno, Italy, 1998 -- Case study: Galtuer, Austria, 1999 -- Case study: Orosi, Costa Rica, 2002 -- Case study: Panabaj, Guatemala, 2005 -- Case study: Mount Kanguru, Nepal, 2005 -- Prediction, preparation, and prevention.

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