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Record #146490:
Living with the coast of Alaska / Owen K. Mason, William Neal, Orrin Pilkey.
Title: | Living with the coast of Alaska / Owen K. Mason, William Neal, Orrin Pilkey. |
Author(s): | Mason, Owen K. Neal, William. Pilkey, Orrin. |
Date: | 1998. |
Publisher: | Durham, NC: Duke University Press |
Abstract: | Comprehensive overview. Part 1 describes "the lay of the land and its occupation by humans". Part 2 deals with hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis; unstable slopes; wind, ice and sea; shoreline erosion; river flooding; human-induced hazards). Part 3 evaluates risks on regional basis. Part 4 considers available responses to hazards. |
Keywords: | 551.417 -- Coasts and beaches. 624 -- Engineering, civil and structural. 624.145 -- Floating ice, engineering aspects. 627.51 -- Floods. 627.52 -- Coast protection works. 627.516 -- Flood control. 551.466.62 -- Tsunamis. F -- Biological sciences. (*49) -- Alaska. (*661) -- Alaskan waters. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*49) : 551.417 |
ISBN: | 0822320193 |
SPRI record no.: | 146490 |
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