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IAEG/AEG Annual Meeting Proceedings, San Francisco, California, 2018 - Volume 5

Geologic Hazards: Earthquakes, Land Subsidence, Coastal Hazards, and Emergency Response

  • One out of six IAEG XIII Congress volumes
  • Includes contributions of numerous worldwide renowned scientists
  • Gives a thorough overview on applied geology for major engineering projects

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Earthquakes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Surface Rupture Hazard Zonation: Lessons from Recent New Zealand Earthquakes

      • Clark Fenton, Natalie Hyland, Blake Hoare
      Pages 3-11
    3. Neotectonics of the Hollywood Fault, Central Hollywood District, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

      • Steven H. Kolthoff, Michael F. Mills, Roy J. Shlemon
      Pages 13-20
    4. Liquefaction Susceptibility Map of the Broader Thessaloniki Urban Area

      • George Papathanassiou, Vasilis Marinos
      Pages 21-25
    5. Study of the Phenomenon of Quicksand in the Geotechnical Laboratory

      • Sebastião Geraldo Guimarães Júnior, Isabella Magalhães Valadares, Marcus Vinícius Araújo da Silva Mendes, Jaquelline da Silva Feitosa
      Pages 27-31
    6. Fault-Landslide Interactions: Examples from the 2016 M7.8 ‘Kaikōura’, New Zealand, Earthquake

      • Clark Fenton, Mark Gray, Natalie Hyland, James Smith
      Pages 33-41
  3. Land Subsidence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
    2. Revealing Sinkholes of Karst-Suffosion Origin in Moscow

      • Irina Kozliakova, Aleksandr Anikeev, Olga Eremina, Natalia Ustinova
      Pages 45-50
    3. The Pixley Fissure Revisited—Understanding an Old Geohazard to Safeguard New Infrastructure

      • Michael L. Rucker, Kenneth C. Fergason, Danielle Smilovsky
      Pages 69-76
  4. Coastal Hazards

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
    2. A Coastal Susceptibility Index Assessment of KwaZulu-Natal, East Coast of South Africa

      • A. Shanganlall, M. Ferentinou, E. Karymbalis, A. Smith
      Pages 93-100
  5. Emergency Response

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
    2. Flood Hazard Evaluation in Mzab Valley (Ghardaia—Algeria)

      • Omar Mimouni, Amira Merchichi, Ghani Cheikh Lounis, Bachir Taleb, El Hadi Tahalaitit
      Pages 113-122

About this book

This book is one out of six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to geologic hazards, such as earthquakes, land subsidence, coastal hazards, and the emergency response.

The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world. The meeting topics and subject areas of the six volumes are: Slope Stability: Case Histories, Landslide Mapping, Emerging Technologies; Geotechnical and Environmental Site Characterization; Mining, Aggregates, Karst; Dams, Tunnels, Groundwater Resources, Climate Change; Geologic Hazards: Earthquakes, Land Subsidence, Coastal Hazards, and Emergency Response; and Advances in Engineering Geology: Education, Soil and Rock Properties, Modeling.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, USA

    Abdul Shakoor

  • Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino, USA

    Kerry Cato

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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