The Citizens' guide to geologic hazards : a guide to understanding geologic hazards, including asbestos, radon, swelling soils, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, subsidence, floods, and coastal hazards / prepared by the American Institute of Professional Geologists ; authors, Edward B. Nuhfer, Richard J. Proctor, and Paul H. Moser ; with John E. Allen [and others].

Published:: Arvada, CO : The Institute, [1993]
Copyright Date:: ©1993
Physical Description:: x, 134 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Additional Creators:: Nuhfer, Edward B. and American Institute of Professional Geologists

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Contents:

HAZARDS FROM GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS: Reactive minerals -- Asbestos -- Radon and other hazardous gasses -- HAZARDS FROM GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES: Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Landslides and avalanches -- Subsidence -- Floods -- Coastal hazard: storm surge, tsunamis and coastal erosion.

Subject(s):

Natural disasters

ISBN:

0933637101 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-126) and index.

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