Crushing avalanches
By: Louise and Richard Spilsbury
Contributors: Spilsbury, Richard, 1963-
Series: Awesome forces of nature; Awesome forces of nature
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780431178318
Subjects: Avalanches; Juvenile literature
Description: Describes the causes and effects of avalanches, case studies of past avalanches, and how they can be predicted or prevented in the future. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is an avalanche?; title: Where do avalanches happen?; title: What causes an avalanche?; title: Case study : Yungay, Peru, 1970; title: What happens in an avalanche?; title: Case study : Les Orres, France, 1998; title: Who helps after an avalanche?; title: Case study : Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 2000; title: Can avalanches be predicted?; title: Can avalanches be prevented?; title: How do people prepare for avalanches?; title: What about avalanches in the future?; title: Some avalanche disasters of the past.