Keywords:
Landslide hazard analysis.
;
Debris avalanches.
;
Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (808 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783540271291
Series Statement:
Springer Praxis Bks.
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=603650
DDC:
363.349
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of contributors -- List of ®gures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction (Matthias Jakob and Oldrich Hungr) -- 2 Classification and terminology (Oldrich Hungr) -- 3 Debris flows in history (Nigel A. Skermer and Douglas F. VanDine) -- 4 Instability of steep slopes (William Savage and Rex Baum) -- 5 Mechanism of landslide-triggered debris flows: Liquefication phenomena due to the undrained loading of torrent deposits (Kyoji Sassa and Gong hui Wang) -- 6 Debris flow mechanics (Richard M. Iverson) -- 7 Entrainment of material by debris flows (Oldrich Hungr, Scott McDougall, and Michael Bovis) -- 8 Hyperconcentrated flow - transitional process between water flow and debris flow (Thomas C. Pierson) -- 9 Subaqueous debris flows (Jacques Locat and Homa J. Lee) -- 10 Volcanic debris flows (James W. Vallance) -- 11 Application of airborne and spaceborne remote sensing methods (Robert T. Pack) -- 12 Debris-flow instrumentation (Richard LaHusen) -- 13 Runout prediction methods (Dieter Rickenmann) -- 14 Climatic factors influencing occurence of debris flows (Gerald F. Wieczorek and Thomas Glade) -- 15 Wildfire-related debris flow from a hazards perspective (Susan H. Cannon and Joseph E. Gartner) -- 16 Influence of forest harvesting activities on debris avalanches and flows (Roy C. Sidle) -- 17 Debris-flow hazard analysis (Matthias Jakob) -- 18 Debris-flow mitigation measures (Johannes Huebl and Gernot Fiebiger) -- 19 Debris avalanches and debris flows of the Campania Region (southern Italy) (Francesco M. Guadagno and Paola Revellino) -- 20 Debris flows of December 1999 in Venezuela (Reinaldo GarcõÂa-MartõÂnez and J.L. LoÂpez) -- 21 Debris flows caused by Typhoon Herb in Taiwan (Chyan-Deng Jan and Cheng-lung Chen).
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22 Jiangjia Ravine debris flows in south-western China (Peng Cui, Xiaoqing Chen, Yuyi Wang, Kaiheng Hu, and Yong Li) -- 23 Debris flows and debris avalanches Clayoquot Sound (Terrence P. Rollerson, Thomas H. Millard, and Denis A. Collins) -- 24 Analysis and management of debris-flow risks ar Sӧrenberg (Switzerland) (Markus N. Zimmermann) -- 25 Engineering for debris flows in New Zealand (Mauri J. McSaveney and Tim R.H. Davies) -- 26 Multifaceted hazard assessment of Cheekye fan, a large debris-flow fan in south-western British Columbia (Pierre A. Friele and John J. Clague) -- 27 Debris flows at Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA (Jon J. Major, Thomas C. Pierson, and Kevin M. Scott) -- Index.
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