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Earth's fury : an introduction to natural hazards and disasters
- Title
- Earth's fury : an introduction to natural hazards and disasters / Robert L. Kovach.
- Author
- Kovach, Robert L. (Robert Louis)
- Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1995.
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Details
- Description
- x, 214 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Volcanoes -- 3. Earthquakes -- 4. Earthquake engineering -- 5. Landslides and land movement -- 6. Desertification, land degradation, and drought -- 7. Atmospheric hazards -- 8. Oceanographic hazards -- 9. River floods -- 10. Some accident scenarios -- Appendix A. Basic probability theory -- Appendix B. Binomial and Poisson distribution -- Appendix C. Seismic movement -- Appendix D. Volcanic and seismic risk analyses.
- ISBN
- 0130424331
- 9780130424334
- LCCN
- 94032127
- OCLC
- ocm30974934
- 30974934
- SCSB-8848027
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library