1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911088379203321

Titolo

Landslides : causes, types and effects / / Ernest D. Werner and Hugh P. Friedman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61470-186-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Collana

Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series

Altri autori (Persone)

WernerErnest D. <1956->

FriedmanHugh P

Disciplina

551.3/07

Soggetti

Landslides

Neotectonics

Deformations (Mechanics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""LANDSLIDES: CAUSES, TYPESAND EFFECTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""MASS MOVEMENTS IN ADRIATIC CENTRAL ITALY:ACTIVATION AND EVOLUTIVE CONTROL FACTORS""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Regional Setting""; ""2.1. Geology, Neotectonic and Seismicity""; ""2.2. Geomorphological Evolution and Climatic Conditions""; ""2.3. Geo-Mechanical and Hydrogeological Background""; ""3. Landsliding Susceptivity in the Study Area, in the ItalianEnvironmental Context""; ""4. Gravitational Phenomena in the Central Apennine""; ""4.1. Mass Movements of the Tectonic Slopes""; ""4.1.1. The Study Cases""

""4.1.1.1. Mass Movements along the Bordering Slope of the Tectonic Basins""""4.1.1.2. Mass Movements along the Thrust Fronts""; ""4.2. Mass Movements on the Valley Slopes""; ""4.2.1. The Study Cases""; ""4.2.1.1. Mass Movements of the Glacial Slopes""; ""4.2.2.2. Mass Movements along the Fluvial-Denudation Slopes""; ""5. The Gravitational Phenomena of the Peri-Adriatic Belt""; ""5.1. Mass Movements in the Top Sectors of the Reliefs""; ""5.1.1. The Study Cases""; ""The Case of Monte Falcone""; ""The Case of Montegiorgi""; ""5.2. Mass Movements of the Clayey Slopes""

""5.3. Mass Movements of the Coast""""6. Evolution of Rural Landscape and Landsliding""; ""Phase 1""; ""Phase 2. The “Alberata�



Landscape""; ""Phase 3""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF LANDSLIDESIN THE MONTERREY METROPOLITAN AREA,NE MEXICO""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Ubication and Demographic Growth""; ""3. Geological Setting""; ""3.1. Morphological Features and Geological Setting""; ""3.2. Lithology""; ""3.3. Structural Geology""; ""4. Hydrometeorological Conditions""; ""4.1. Climatic Conditions""; ""4.2. Extraordinary Rainfall Events""

""5. Landslides Types in the MMA""""5.1. Ancient Landslides Related to Geological Causes""; ""5.1.1. Landslide in Las Mitras Anticline""; ""5.1.2. Block Fall in the Chipinque Area""; ""5.2. Recent Landslides Related to Human Causes""; ""5.2.1. Landslides in Quarries Areas""; ""Salvador Allende Landslide""; ""Mitras Landslide""; ""5.2.2. Landslides in Slope Areas""; ""Las Lajas Landslide""; ""6. Discussion""; ""6.1. Rainfall Intensity � Duration Landslide Control""; ""6.2. Landslides and Intense Rainfall Events Correlation""; ""7. Additional Landslide Causes""; ""8. Conclusions""

""Acknowledgements""""References""; ""MITIGATION OF LARGE LANDSLIDES AND DEBRISFLOWS IN SLOVENIA, EUROPE""; ""Abstract""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Natural Conditions in Slovenia""; ""A. Precipitation and Run-Off""; ""B. Hydrogeology and Relief""; ""C. Flooded Areas""; ""III. Land Sliding and Erosion Processes in Slovenia""; ""IV. Large Landslides in Slovenia""; ""A. StoÅ?e Landslide""; ""B. Strug Landslide""; ""C. Macesnik Landslide""; ""D. Slano Blato Landslide""; ""V. General on Mitigation of Large Landslides in Slovenia""; ""VI. Mitigation of the Macesnik Landslides""

""VII. Mitigation of the Slano Blato Landslide""

Sommario/riassunto

Although the action of gravity is the primary driving force for a landslide to occur, there are other contributing factors affecting the original slope stability. This study discusses landslide triggers, as well as their outcomes.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911138800503321

Autore

Laurin Michel

Titolo

How vertebrates left the water / / Michel Laurin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612790249

9781282790247

1282790242

9780520947986

0520947983

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

596.13/8

Soggetti

Vertebrates - Evolution

Evolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Systématique, paleontologie et biologie evolutive moderne : l'exemple de la sortie des eaux chez les vertebres. 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 2. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 3. Paleontological Context -- 4. Vertebrate Limb Evolution -- 5. Diversity of Paleozoic Stegocephalians -- 6. Adaptations to Life on Land -- 7. Synthesis and Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

More than three hundred million years ago-a relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appeared-vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This usefully illustrated book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to more than 25,000 extant tetrapod species. Michel Laurin uses paleontological, geological, physiological, and comparative anatomical data to describe this monumental event. He summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, paleontological and molecular dating, and the methods used to infer phylogeny and character evolution. Along with a discussion of the evolutionary pressures that may have led vertebrates onto dry land, the book also shows how extant vertebrates yield clues about the conquest



of land and how scientists uncover evolutionary history.