Geomorphological hazards in high mountains areas
By: edited by Jan Kalvoda and Charles L. Rosenfeld.
Contributors: Kalvoda, Jan, 1943-; Rosenfeld, Charles.
Series: The GeoJournal library ;; v. 46
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Landslides.
Description: This volume presents a collection of papers by specialists contributing to the activities of the International Geographical Union Commission on 'Natural Hazard Studies'. The main topics are: morphotectonic activities, slope movements, glacial, erosion and weathering hazards and man-made rapid modellation processes. Research on basic geomorphological hazards in high mountains can be understood not only as a set of case studies, but primarily as a rare opportunity for the preparation of theoretical models and for the understanding of the general architecture of the origin of natural disasters. Audience: This specialized book will be useful for natural scientists, graduate geographers and geologists and postgraduate students in earth sciences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.