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082	0		_a551 _223
100	1		_aBolt, Bruce A., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGeological hazards : _bearthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, avalanches, landslides, floods / _cB.A. Bolt [and three others].
250			_aFirst edition 1975.
264		1	_aBerlin ; _aHeidelberg : _bSpringer-Verlag, _c[1975]
264		4	_c1975
300			_aviii, 328 pages : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aSpringer Study Edition, _x0172-6234
546			_aEnglish
520			_aGrowth of population, communication and interdependence among countries has sharpened the impact of natural disasters. Not only have calamities and miseries been given wider publicity, but the realization has grown that through rational study and foresight much can be done to mitigate these hazards to life and social wellbeing. In this book we present a summary account of hazards which nowadays are usually classified as geological: earthquakes, faulting, tsunamis, seiches, vol­ canoes, avalanches, rock and soil slides, differential settlement and liquefaction of soil, and inundation. The book is aimed first at the general reader who is interested in studying the history of such hazards and examining ways that risk can be reduced even if all dangers cannot be eliminated. We also hope that the book will be useful to college students in introductory courses in geology, engineering, geography, country and urban planning, and in environmental studies. We have tried to bring out for the students the problems that remain to be solved.
650		0	_aGeodynamics.
700	1		_aHorn, W. L.
700	1		_aMcdonald, G. A.
700	1		_aScott, R. F.
830		0	_aSpringer Study Edition, _x0172-6234
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