Author: D. G. HowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Continental margins
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Aspects of the Geologic History of the California Continental Borderland
Author: D. G. HowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Continental margins
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Open-file Report
Author: Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences
Author: Jacques LocatPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402012440
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Did you know that the Grand Bank earthquake of 1929 triggered ahuge submarine mass movement which broke submarine cables over adistance of up to 1000 km from its source and generated a tsunamiwhich devastated a small village in Newfoundland killing 27 people?The same happened in Papua New Guinea in 1998 with more than 2000casualties. Submarine mass movements of various sizes and styles areshaping the sea floor and are of concern for many facets of humanactivities both onshore and offshore. These include the development ofnatural resources, energy and communication transport, coastalinfrastructures and communities. This book provides a world-wideperspective of submarine mass movements and their consequences. Thishas been made possible by assembling excellent contributions fromactive researchers, groups, or institutions, thus providing fullcoverage of the many scientific and engineering aspects of this typeof marine and coastal geo-hazard. It covers fundamental as well assite specific studies from many areas including the Atlantic andPacific oceans, inner seas like the Mediterranean Sea, and fjordsusing the most recent technologies from multibeam sonar imagingtechniques, 3D seismic analysis, slope stability analysis, to debrisflow and tsunami modeling."Audience: " This book is of interest to any researcher in thefield of marine and coastal geo-hazards. It will be useful forplanners, scientists and engineers involved in the development ofoffshore and near-shore resources and also to those in charge of themanagement and mitigation of coastal hazards. For graduate students, this book provides an up-to-date vision of the process of submarinemass movements and their consequences from both ascientific and anengineering standpoint, and it includes a unique collection of theexisting literature on marine geo-hazards."CD-Rom included" This volume contains a CD-Rom which in additionto an electronically searchable vers
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Contributions to Crustal Evolution of the Southwestern United States
Author: Andrew BarthPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813723655
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Evaluating Earthquake Hazards in the Los Angeles Region--an Earth-science Perspective
Author: Joseph I. ZionyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquake hazard analysis
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
An integrated set of studies describing methods for evaluating geologically controlled earthquake hazards as a basis for reducing future losses.
Sedimentation in Oblique-slip Mobile Zones
Author: P. F. BalancePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444303740
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
An edited collection of articles on oblique-slip mobile zone sedimentation Sedimentation in Oblique?Slip Mobile Zones is a collection of 14 articles on the topic, edited by Peter F. Ballance Harold G. Reading. The topic is introduced with an essay on the characteristics and identification of strike-slip fault systems. Further chapters cover examples from California, Scotland, Norway, New Zealand, Northern Spain, Southwest Turkey, and more. Offshore sedimentary basins are also covered.
Geophysical Framework of the Continental United States
Author: Louis Charles PakiserPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 081371172X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 843
Book Description
A review and evaluation of our knowledge of the structure of the crust and upper mantle of the continental United States, exclusive of Alaska, as determined from geophysical observations. Covers geophysical methods of studying the crust and upper mantle; a region-by-region review of crustal and upper-mantle structure; continental overviews based on the different geophysical methods; and geologic and petrologic syntheses based largely on the geophysical results.
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