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Debris flows/avalanches : process, recognition, and mitigation / edited by John E. Costa and Gerald F. Wieczorek.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Reviews in engineering geology ; v. 7.
- Reviews in engineering geology ; v. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass-wasting--Congresses.
- Mass-wasting.
- Avalanches--Congresses.
- Avalanches.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 239 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, [1987]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Debris flows and debris avalanches are among the most dangerous and destructive natural hazards that affect humans. They claim hundreds of lives and millions of dollars in property loss every year. These 17 papers pull together recent research into new methods for mitigating the loss of life and property.
- Contents:
- A Rheologic classification of subaerial sediment-water flows / Thomas C. Pierson and John E. Costa
- Comprehensive review of debris flow modeling concepts in Japan / Cheng-lung Chen
- Mobilization of debris flows from soil slips, San Francisco Bay region, California / Stephen D. Ellen and Robert W. Fleming
- The Mechanics of large rock avalanches / H. Jay Melosh
- The Importance of lahar initiation processes / Lee H. Fairchild
- Meteorological antecedents to debris flow in southwestern British Columbia; some case studies / Michael Church and Michael J. Miles
- Rainfall thresholds for triggering a debris avalanching event in the southern Appalachian Mountains / D.G. Neary and L.W. Swift, Jr.
- Effect of rainfall intensity and duration on debris flows in central Santa Cruz Mountains, California / Gerald F. Wieczorek
- The Effects of fire on the generation of debris flows in southern California / Wade G. Wells II.
- Identification of debris flow hazard on alluvial fans in the Canadian Rocky Mountains / Lionel E. Jackson, Jr., R.A. Kostaschuk, and G.M. MacDonald
- Debris slide and debris flow historical events in the Appalachians south of the glacial border / G. Michael Clark
- Holocene debris flows in central Virginia / R. Craig Kochel
- Dating and interpretation of debris flows by geologic and botanical methods at Whitney Creek Gorge, Mount Shasta, California / W.R. Osterkamp and C.R. Hupp
- The Importance of hollows in debris flow studies; examples from Marin County, California / Steven L. Reneau and William E. Dietrich
- Anatomy of a debris flow, Pacifica, California / Roy J. Shlemon, Robert H. Wright, and David R. Montgomery
- Debris flow defenses in British Columbia / Oldrich Hungr [and others]
- On debris flow/avalanche mitigation and control, San Francisco Bay area, California / Joel E. Baldwin II, Howard F. Donley, and Terry R. Howard.
- Notes:
- Papers from a symposium co-sponsored by the Engineering Geology and Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Divisions of the Geological Society of America, at the annual meeting in Reno, Nev. on Nov. 5, 1984.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813741076
- 9780813741079
- OCLC:
- 897847916
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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