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Natural and Man-Made Hazards

Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, 3–9 August, 1986

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. M. I. El-Sabh

    1. Département d’Océanographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada

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  2. T. S. Murty

    1. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, Canada

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Table of contents (57 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Importance of Similarities Among Multiple Hazard Phenomena

      • W. M. Adams, G. D. Curtis
      Pages 3-7

    3. Modelling Of Relationship Between Natural and Man-Made Hazards

      • Petar Jovanovic
      Pages 9-17

  3. Geological Hazards

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Hazards from Mass Movements in Mountain Regions

      • A. E. Scheidegger
      Pages 21-41

    3. Earthquake Hazard and Risk in Canada

      • Anne E. Stevens
      Pages 43-61

    4. The 1985 Mexico Earthquake

      • Cinna Lomnitz
      Pages 63-79

    5. Seismic Ground Motion and Damage Caused by Large Earthquakes in Nagoya, Japan

      • Kazuaki Masaki, Hitoshi Taniguchi, Kumizi Iida
      Pages 81-93

    6. Seismic Risk Analysis Using Both Earthquake Data and Active Fault Data

      • H. Ishida, M. Takemura, A. Amano, T. Ohta, K. Horikoshi
      Pages 95-108

    7. A New Approach for a Quick Estimation of the Seismic Moment, Magnitude Mm?

      • J. Talandier, D. Reymond
      Pages 109-124

    8. The Effects of Seismic Activity on the Soils of the Charlevoix Area—Quebec, Canada

      • Jean Y Chagnon, Jacques Locat
      Pages 125-136

    9. Evidence of the Occurrence and Magnitude of Terrestrial Landslides in Recent Saguenay Fjord Sediments

      • Charles T. Schafer, John N. Smith
      Pages 137-145

    10. An Appraisal of Recent Geologic and Hydrologic Hazards in Nigeria

      • Kalu M. Onuoha, K. O. Uma
      Pages 147-159

  4. Tsunami And Storm Surge Hazards

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Tsunami Research—A Review and New Concepts

      • N. K. Saxena, T. S. Murty
      Pages 163-170

    3. Historical Tsunamis in the Pacific Basin

      • Patricia A. Lockridge
      Pages 171-181

    4. Risk Assessment of the Tsunami Hazard

      • George Pararas-Carayannis
      Pages 183-191

    5. High Energy Sedimentation in French Polynesia: Cyclone or Tsunami?

      • J. Talandier, F. Bourrouilh-Le-Jan
      Pages 193-199

    6. Tsunami Hazards in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada

      • M. I. El-sabh, T. S. Murty, J.-F. Dumais
      Pages 201-213
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About this book

In recent years, several major natural and man-made hazards have challenged scientists, government officials and the public in general: earthquakes, major volcanic and other seismic eruptions in Mount St. Helens, EI Chichon, Mexico city, Nevado del Ruiz, Japan, Italy, Greece, Cameroon and many other places on our globe; Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean and deadly storm surges along the coasts of India, Bangladesh and Japan; Cyclones, floods, thunderstorms, snow storms, tornadoes, drought, desertification and other climatic catastrophes; Amoco-Cadiz oil spill accident (France), Three-Mile Island (U. S. A. ) and Chernobyl (U. S. S. R. ) nuclear accidents, Bhopal chemical accident (India), acid rain (Canada, U. S. A. ) and other technological disasters. Such hazards have snuffed out millions of lives, infli

Editors and Affiliations

  • Département d’Océanographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada

    M. I. El-Sabh

  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, Canada

    T. S. Murty

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Natural and Man-Made Hazards

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, 3–9 August, 1986

  • Editors: M. I. El-Sabh, T. S. Murty

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1433-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7142-0Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1433-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 868

  • Topics: Hydrogeology

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