TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spilsbury,Louise
AU  - Spilsbury,Richard
TI  - Landslides and avalanches in action
T2  - Natural disasters in action
SN  - 9781404218680 (lib. bdg.)
AV  - QE599.A2 .S747 2009
U1  - 551.3/07 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Rosen Central
KW  - Landslides
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Avalanches
KW  - sears
N1  - 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; 7.9; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - 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
ER  -