When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years. Communities worldwide endured famine, disease, and civil unrest on a catastrophic scale. Here, Gillen D'Arcy Wood traces Tambora's global and historical reach: how the volcano's three-year climate cha...
Touring Hot Springs Washington and Oregon (Touring Hot Springs) (Falcon Guides: Touring Hot Springs)
by Jeff Birkby
Scattered from the rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula to the dry desert lakebeds of the Alvord Desert, the hot springs of Washington and Oregon provide some of the most unique vacation opportunities in the western United States. This guide describes 40 of the region's best soaks, including firsthand descriptions of each soaking location, along with detailed maps and directions, best seasons to visit, and intriguing histories and legends.Whether you're searching for a family hot springs resort...
Engineering Seismology, Geotechnical & Structural Earthquake Engineering
by Hubert O'Kelly
Eruptions That Shook the World
by Department of Geography Clive Oppenheimer
Wave Motion in Earthquake Engineering (Advances in Earthquake Engineering, v. 5.)
Containing state-of-the-art information on new developments in seismic wave propagation, this volume features invited contributions from a select group of researchers whose work has recently been the focus of attention in journals and at conferences. It is designed to appeal to a broad audience of professionals working in the fields of structural dynamics, seismology, and earthquake engineering in general. The book opens with an introduction to seismic wave motion by Francisco S?nchez-Sesma, Ros...
Learnsmart Standalone Access Card for Cunningham Environmental Science 13e
by William P Cunningham and Mary Ann Cunningham
One in two people living west of the 100th meridian in the United States resides in California. Crammed into the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles Basin is a population greater than that of Texas. Both these drought-prone regions need to import water over seemingly improbably distances. Reliance on imported water, however, is not their Achilles heel; it is the fact that each sits astride one of the most violently active seismic zones in the world. This study chronicles the man-made eruption...
A Field Guide to Yellowstone's Geysers, Hot Springs, and Fumaroles
by Carl Schreier
Volcanoes
Seismic Monitoring of the North Sea (Offshore Technology Report, OTH 90 323)
Soil-structure Interaction (Developments in Geotechnical Engineering, #43)
Despite advances in the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering, earthquakes continue to cause loss of life and property in one part of the world or another. The Third International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 22nd to 24th June 1987, provided an opportunity for participants from all over the world to share their expertise to enhance the role of mechanics and other disciplines as they relate to earthquake engineeri...
The European Laboratory Volcanoes
Seismic Evaluation of Lifeline Systems
This book contains the papers presented at the technical session titled ""Seismic Evaluation of Lifeline Systems\Case Studies"" at the ASCE Fall Convention in Boston, October 27-31, 1986. The session was a follow-up to an early effort on presenting the current research results on lifeline earthquake engineering around the world. Three papers from the United States deal with case studies in Boston, the Crystal Springs Reservoir outlet system in San Francisco, and the risk analysis for the Molelum...
Earthquakes form one of the categories of natural disasters that sometimes result in huge loss of human life as well as destruction of (infra)structures, as experienced during recent great earthquakes. This book addresses scientific and engineering aspects of earthquakes, which are generally taught and published separately. This book intends to fill the gap between these two fields associated with earthquakes and help seismologists and earthquake engineers better communicate with and understand...
Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: A Handbook
Soils Response Spectrum (Progress in engineering, Vol 10)
Touring Colorado Hot Springs (Touring Guides) (Touring Hot Springs)
by Susan Joy Paul and Carl Wambach
There is not a more serendipitous surrounding to soak in than the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Touring Colorado Hot Springs provides detailed descriptions, easy-to-read maps, and firsthand information on the best hot springs in the state. Descriptions are spiced with historical information and hot springs trivia that gives insight into the area's past. This entertaining and informative new edition will lead you to world-class family resorts and lesser known hidden springs in Colorado. It include...