The Dynamics of Disaster by Kieffer, Susan W. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Contents Preface: THE NATURE OF DISASTER Chapter 1: GEOLOGIC CONSENT—DO WE HAVE IT OR NOT?

CHANGES OF STATE AND CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE DISASTERS: NATURAL, UNNATURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, STEALTH KNOWN KNOWNS, KNOWN UNKNOWNS, AND UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS A TOUR OF DISASTERS

Chapter 2: DYNAMICS AND DISASTERS

EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, VOLCANOES EXPLODING BICYCLE TIRES: CHANGES OF STATE FOOTBALL, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, AND CONSERVATION OF STUFF FLOWING RIVERS: CHANGES IN REGIME

Chapter 3: WHEN TERRA ISN’T FIRMA

HAITI, CHRISTCHURCH, SHAANXI, AND . . . WASHINGTON, DC? EARTHQUAKES, VIOLINS, AND FURNITURE MOVING SHAKE, RATTLE, AND ROLL SHAKE, RATTLE, AND JIGGLE SHAKE, BAKE, ZAP, AND GLOW REFLECTIONS: RARE EVENTS, HIGH STAKES AND RISK COMMUNICATION

Chapter 4: THE FLYING CARPET OF ELM

A FLOATING FARM AND A FLYING CARPET DIVERSITY: LANDSLIDES HAVE IT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION: GEOLOGY, WEATHER, AND HUMANS GO . . . NO GO . . . GO . . . NO GO . . . GONE STURZSTROMS AND FLYING CARPETS THE MOTHER OF ALL LANDSLIDES: HEART MOUNTAIN REFLECTIONS: GEOLOGY, A BIFOCAL SCIENCE

Chapter 5: THE DAY THE MOUNTAIN BLEW

BLA-LOOM! BREWING UP A DANGEROUS MIX THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM AT MOUNT ST. HELENS THE STORM: AN ASH HURRICANE UP, UP, AND AWAY THE BANG IN THE BURP: VEI, THE RICHTER SCALE OF VOLCANOES REFLECTIONS: CHAIN REACTIONS

Chapter 6: THE POWER OF WATER: TSUNAMIS

MEGA-TSUNAMIS: A WILD RIDE IN LITUYA BAY THE INDIAN OCEAN AND TOHOKU TSUNAMIS PRIMER: WAVES AND TEENAGERS BIRTH OF A TSUNAMI RUNNING FREE: TSUNAMIS AT SEA DEATH OF A TSUNAMI: RUN-UP REFLECTIONS: WHERE, WHEN, BUT NOT “IF”

Chapter 7: ROGUE WAVES, STORMY WEATHER

OOPS . . . MY HELICOPTER IS TOO LOW! AN ASIDE ABOUT WIND-DRIVEN WAVES WHAT DISTINGUISHES A ROGUE WAVE FROM A MERE BIG WAVE? SMOKE RINGS FERREL CELLS AND SPINNING TOPS OCEAN GYRES AND CURRENTS THE REST OF THE STORY REFLECTIONS: ROGUE WAVES, OPTICAL FIBERS, AND SUPERFLUID HELIUM

Chapter 8: RIVERS IN THE SKY

THE GLASS HOUSE, JOPLIN, AND CHOPPING ICE “FOR CULINARY PURPOSES” PRIMER: RIVERS OF WATER RIVERS OF AIR WINDS THAT FLOW OVER TOPOGRAPHY: FOEHNS, CHINOOKS, AND STEVE FOSSETT WINDS THAT FLOW THROUGH TOPOGRAPHY: GAP WINDS THE BIGGEST RIVERS IN THE SKY: OUR JET STREAMS AND HURRICANE SANDY TORNADOES AND JOPLIN REFLECTIONS: TO WARN OR NOT TO WARN?

Chapter 9: WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE . . . OR NOT A DROP TO DRINK

A PLAGUE OF SNAKES 2011: BILLIONS AND BILLIONS MIRROR IMAGES: DROUGHTS AND FLOODS CHILDREN OF THE TROPICS: EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA WHIRLING AROUND WHAT CAN WE SAY, WHAT CAN’T WE SAY, AND WHY? REFLECTIONS: THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE

Chapter 10: EARTH AND US

L’AQUILA: SCIENTISTS ON TRIAL RISK IN THE MODERN WORLD PROPOSAL FOR A CDC FOR PLANET EARTH

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