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  • Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book includes the recent 10-year achievement of geo-disaster mitigation by leading Asian scientists from Japan, China, Indonesia, Korea, Iran and Far East of Russia. Case studies on recent occurred geo-disasters in Asian region have been presented. The forming mechanics of hazards such as earthquake and landslide are deeply discussed, and the disaster mitigation technology for building and ... Leer más

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  • Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 2

    Landslide Processes

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with Landslide processes, including: field data and monitoring techniques, prediction and forecasting of landslide occurrence, regional landslide inventories and dating studies, modeling of slope instabilities and secondary hazards (e.g. impulse waves and landslide-induced tsunamis, landslide dam failures and breaching), hazard and ... Leer más

    $485.09 USD

  • A Crack in the Edge of the World

    America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

    The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

    The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

    "Michael Benton's splendid book brings back to Earth Science a sense of adventure. . . . It is both a wonderfully good read and a valued reference." —James Lovelock, author of Gaia and Homage to GaiaToday it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less well-known is a much greater catastrophe ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • The Worst of Times

    How Life on Earth Survived Eighty Million Years of Extinctions

    "[A] scholarly but accessible analysis . . . [explores] forces that led to 'The Great Dying'—and the rebound of life in its aftermath." — Gemma Tarlach, Discover magazineTwo hundred sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst wiping out nearly every species on the planet. The Worst of Times delves into the mystery behind these extin ... Leer más

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  • Mother Nature Is Awesome (From Volcanoes To Earthquakes)

    Children's Books for Nature

    Series series Books For Kids Series
    As children see things in our movie theaters and television sets, they are probably often left wondering why they are not able to see some of the scenery in their very own hometowns. This is when they begin to learn how large the world is, and what all is contained within it. A Mother Nature Is Awesome (From Volcanoes to Earthquakes) Picture Book will greatly help them to understand that there is ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of Planet Earth

    Mountains, Mammals, Fire, and Ice

    Series series Wiley Popular Scienc
    "A splendid introduction to geology and paleontology for the lay reader. To compress Earth's history into a single, lucidly written volume is a major achievement." —Publishers Weekly, starred review"Few people have both the knowledge and the writing ability to capture such a long and varied history in a compelling manner. In A Short History of Planet Earth, J.D. Macdougal demonstrates that he is ... Leer más

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  • Why Does It Happen: Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Typhoons

    Natural Disaster Books for Kids

    Series Libro 4 - Why Does It Happen
    Tornadoes, typhoons and hurricanes are weather disturbances that your child may be familiar with based on experience. But does your child know the science behind these events? With this picture book, he/she will! Picture books are informative materials that are shouting to be picked up and read. The illustrations are attention-grabbing and the carefully written quick facts break complex concepts ... Leer más

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  • Volcanoes in Human History

    The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions

    Series series Princeton Science Library
    The classic account of how volcanism has shaped human culture and science, from the Bronze Age eruption that destroyed Minoan Crete to Mount St. HelensWhen the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as one hundred thousand people perished from the blast and ensuing famine. Gases and dust particles ejected into the atmosphere changed weather patterns around the world, resulting in ... Leer más

    $13.69 USD

  • Performance-Based Seismic Engineering: Vision for an Earthquake Resilient Society

    Edición de Matej Fischinger ...
    Series Libro 32 - Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
    The Bled workshops have traditionally produced reference documents providing visions for the future development of earthquake engineering as foreseen by leading researchers in the field. The participants of the 2011 workshop built on the tradition of these events initiated by Professors Fajfar and Krawinkler to honor their important research contributions and have now produced a book providing ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD