Kusky, Timothy M.

Geological hazards: a sourcebook/ Timothy M. Kusky. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003. - ix, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. - Sourcebooks on hazards and disasters; .

"An Oryx book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to geological hazards --
Earthquakes --
Volcanic eruptions --
Tsunami --
Mass wasting --
Streams and floods --
Coastal hazards --
Deserts, drought, and wind --
Glaciers and glaciation --
Hazards associated with geologic materials --
Natural geologic subsidence hazards --
Hazards of sudden catastrophic geologic events.

1573564699 (alk. paper)


Geodynamics.
Natural disasters.

363.34 / KUS/G