Landslides and avalanches in action
By: Richard and Louise Spilsbury.
Contributors: Spilsbury, Louise.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Natural disasters in action
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781404218680
Subjects: Landslides; Avalanches
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is a landslide; title: What is an avalanche?; title: Triggering flow; title: Case study 1 : Nevado del Huila, Colombia; title: Case study 2 : Sarno, Italy, 1998; title: Case study 3 : Galtuer, Austria, 1999; title: Case study 4 : Orosi, Costa Rica; title: Case study 5 : Panabaj, Guatemala; title: Case study 6 : Mt. Kanguru, Nepal, 2005.