Contributions

  • Derbyshire, Edward D. - Contributor
  • Meng, Xingmin. - Contributor
  • Dijkstra, Tom. - Contributor

Publication

2000 - Wiley, Chichester, England

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCQE599.C6 L36 2000

Description

"This volume is a study of landslides and debris flows on the Loess Plateau in north-central China which lies in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. Loess Plateau is a region with a dense rural population and a number of cities housing more than a million people. Landslides are triggered by heavy rainstorms and earthquakes have been a recurrent hazard in the loess for over two millennia." "The contributors to this book set out with a number of goals including establishing the role of bedrock relief in landsliding, studying the natural hydrological system within the loess slopes, characterising the failure of the loess fabric, producing a dynamically-based classification of loess landslides and 'ultimately' establishing criteria for a simple system for loess slope failure, together with an advisory scheme for population response to landslide warnings."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

LoessLandslidesNatural disastersLoess -- China, Northwest.China, description and travelLandslides -- China, Northwest.

Other Editions

  • Landslides in the thick loess terrain of Northwest ChinaWiley2000-01-01

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