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024	7		_a10.1007/978-94-007-1122-8 _2doi
100	1		_aBlasio, Fabio Vittorio. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to the Physics of Landslides _h[electronic resource] : _bLecture notes on the dynamics of mass wasting / _cby Fabio Vittorio Blasio.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands, _c2011.
300			_aXV, 408p. 202 illus., 98 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0		_aPart 1. Introduction to Landslides -- Part 2. Fluid Mechanics -- Part 3. Rheological Flows -- Part 4. Physics of Granular Media -- Part 5. Granular Avalanches -- Part 6. Submarine Landslides -- Part 7. Suspension Flows -- Part 8. Special Topics -- Appendixes: 1. Geological Appendix. 2. Physical Appendix. 3. Mathematical Appendix. 4. Numerical Appendix.
520			_aLandslides represent one of the most destructive natural catastrophes. They can reach extremely long distance and velocity, and are capable of wiping out human communities and settlements. Yet landslides have a creative facet as they contribute to the modification of the landscape. They are the consequence of the gravity pull jointly with the tectonic disturbance of our living planet. Landslides are most often studied within a geotechnical and geomorphological perspective. Engineering calculations are traditionally applied to the stability of terrains. In this book, landslides are viewed as a physical phenomenon. A physical understanding of landslides is a basis for modeling and mitigation and for understanding their flow behavior and dynamics. We still know relatively little about many aspects of landslide physics. It is only recently that the field of landslide dynamics is approaching a more mature stage. This is testified by the release of modelling tools for the simulation of landslides and debris flows. In this book the emphasis is placed on the problems at the frontier of landslide research. Each chapter is self-consistent, with questions and arguments introduced from the beginning. The material should be useful to geologists, model developers, professionals and researchers in the fields of engineering, physics and mathematics, and advanced students of geosciences.
650		0	_aGeography.
650		0	_aPhysical geography.
650	1	4	_aEarth Sciences.
650	2	4	_aApplied Earth Sciences.
650	2	4	_aEnvironmental Physics.
650	2	4	_aSoft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.
650	2	4	_aPhysical Geography.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9789400711211
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1122-8
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