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Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches.

Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches.
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ISBN 9780716698104
Title Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches.
Published Chicago : World Book, c2008.
Description 47 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 28 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Contents Mass movement -- Landslides -- What is a landslide? -- Types of landslides -- China, 1920? -- What causes a landslide? -- What happens during a landslide? -- Landslide effects -- Alaska, 1964 -- Avoiding landslides -- Submarine landslides -- Mudslides -- What is a mudslide? -- Devastating volcanic mudslides -- Rain-induced landslides -- Avalanches -- What is an avalanche? -- Why do avalanches happen? -- The Alps, 1999 -- What happens during an avalanche? -- The effects of avalanches -- Stevens Pass, 1910 -- Avalanche prevention and rescue -- Activity.
Summary "A discussion of major types of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects Landslides
Mudslides
Avalanches
Other Names Chabluk, Stefan
Added Corporate Names World Book, Inc
Series World Book's library of natural disasters
Web Link http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007013813.html
Internet Site http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007013813.html
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