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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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