Catastrophic landslides : effects, occurrence, and mechanisms / edited by Stephen G. Evans and Jerome V. DeGraff.
| Other author | Evans, Stephen G., 1948- |
| Other author | DeGraff, Jerome V. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boulder, CO : Geological Society of America, 2002. |
| Description | viii, 411 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Reviews in engineering geology ; v. 15 Reviews in engineering geology v. 15. ^A175601 |
| Contents | Overview of catastrophic landslides of South America in the twentieth century / Robert L. Schuster, Daniel A. Salcedo, and Luis Valenzuela -- Recent rockfalls and rock avalanches in Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand / M.J. McSaveney -- Val Pola rock avalanche of July 28, 1987, in Valtellina (Central Italian Alps) / Mario Govi, Giovanni Gullá, and Pier Giorgio Nicoletti -- Tsao-Ling rockslides, Taiwan / Ju-Jiang Hung, Chyi-Tyi Lee, and Ming-Yang Lin -- Identifying a large landslide with small displacements in a zone of coseismic tectonic deformation: The Villa del Monte landslide triggered by the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, earthquake / David K. Keefer, Edward L. Harp, and Gary B. Griggs -- Rock avalanche and resulting debris flow in Estero Parraguire and Río Colorado, Región Metropolitana, Chile / A. Hauser -- 1983 Sale Mountain landslide, Gansu Province, China / Zhuo-Yuan Zhang, Shang-Ming Chen, and Lian-Jin Tao -- Catastrophic rockfalls and rockslides in the Sierra Nevada, USA / Gerald F. Wieczorek -- Rapid flow slides of coal-mine waste in British Columbia, Canada / O. Hungr ... [et al.] -- Landslides resulting from structural failure of volcanoes / Lee Siebert -- Large rockslides in the Alps: a commentary on the contribution of G. Abele (1937-1994) and a review of some recent developments / Andreas von Poschinger -- Chalk flows from the coastal cliffs of northwest Europe / John N. Hutchinson -- Villavil rockslides, Catamarca Province, Argentina / Luis Fauqué and Pablo Tchilinguirian -- Landslides and landscape evolution in the Rocky Mountains and adjacent Foothills area, southwestern Alberta, Canada / Lionel E. Jackson Jr. -- Styles of rock-avalanche depositional complexes conditioned by very rugged terrain, Karakoram Himalaya, Pakistan / Kenneth Hewitt -- Neogene sturzstrom deposits, Split Mountain area, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California / Patrick L. Abbott ... [et al.]. |
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| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2002020273 |
| ISBN | 0813741157 |
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