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ISBN13:9781032609560
ISBN10:1032609567
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:346 pages
Size:234x156 mm
Language:English
Illustrations: 59 Illustrations, black & white; 21 Halftones, black & white; 38 Line drawings, black & white
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The Science of Land Subsidence

 
Edition number: 1
Publisher: CRC Press
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Short description:

The Science of Land Subsidence explains the current science underpinning natural and human-caused land subsidence events and provides students and interested readers with sufficient background on the basics of geology, natural science, chemical, and environmental engineering.

Long description:

The Science of Land Subsidence explains the current science underpinning natural and human-made land subsidence events, and provides students and interested readers with sufficient background on the basics of geology, natural science, chemical, and environmental engineering. Moreover, it presents a wide-ranging discussion presented in the author?s comprehensible conversational style describing the impact of land subsidence events on health, sustenance, and society in general, and provides various case studies covering catastrophic land subsidence events. This book is directed at undergraduate and graduate students, professionals, scientists, and the general reading public who would like to gain a broad multidisciplinary view of one of the greatest challenges of our generation.


? Describes the impact of land subsidence events on health, sustenance, and society in general.


? Provides various case studies covering catastrophic land subsidence events.

Table of Contents:

SECTION I Identifying Land Subsidence 1. Introduction 2. About Soil 3. Soil Mechanics 4. Basic Water Hydraulics 5. Groundwater Hydraulics Q = kiA 6. Sinkholes 7. Organic Soil Subsidence SECTION II That Sinking Feeling 8. Arrested Subsidence 9. Human Alteration of the Earth?s Surface 10. Coastal Subsidence 11. Sinking in "The Meadows" 12. Subsidence & Fissures in South-Central Arizona 13. A Bolt from the Blue SECTION III Land Subsidence Mitigation 14. Yuck Factor Exaggerated: Fluence (Radiant Exposure) = Rate of UV Dose 15. Water Recharge 16. Advanced Water Purification