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<IT>Geosciences, Environment and Man</IT> has three major objectives, which determine the division in three parts of this volume: I. To consider the main natural geological processes interfering with and therefore threatening the activities of man: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, land m...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | 2003. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: |
English French |
| Series: |
Developments in earth & environmental sciences,
1 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/15719197/1 |
| Summary: |
<IT>Geosciences, Environment and Man</IT> has three major objectives, which determine the division in three parts of this volume: I. To consider the main natural geological processes interfering with and therefore threatening the activities of man: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, land movements, floods, wind and coastal risks; main prevention and mitigation measures against these natural hazards are presented. II. To examine the exploitation of earth's natural resources such as materials, ores and minerals, fossil fuels, water, radioactivity, and the resulting consequences on solid Earth ba |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxi, 527 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-518) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780444514226 0444514228 9780080532523 0080532527 |
| Index Number: | QE38 |
| CLC: | X141 |
| Contents: | Earthquakes -- Volcanic eruptions -- Land movements -- Wind and water hazards -- Earth's materials and ores -- Underground water -- Radioactivity -- Soils -- Cities, industries, and communications -- Chemical contamination of earth's surface formations -- Regional to global change of earth's fluid envelopes, and impact on the solid earth. |