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Author:   Peter T Bobrowsky
Publisher:   A A Balkema Publishers
Imprint:   A A Balkema Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.519kg
ISBN:  

9789054104872

ISBN 10:   9054104872
Pages:   734
Publication Date:   01 January 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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INTRODUCTION Peter T. Bobrowsky ENGINEERING-GEOLOGY MAPPING OF SLOPES AND LANDSLIDES Jeffrey R. Keaton & Richard Rinne REGOLITH-LANDFORM MAPPING: AN AUSTRALIAN APPROACH C.F. Pain, M.A. Craig, D.L. Gibson & J.R. Wilford ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING OF GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS Gyözö Jordán & Andrea Szücs MULTILEVEL GEOLOGIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT MAPPING IN THE RIO GRANDE GORGE, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, USA William C. Haneberg, Paul W. Bauer & William X. Chávez, Jr CALIFORNIA’S SEISMIC HAZARDS MAPPING ACT:GEOSCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY Charles R. Real SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC MAPPING FROM DESCRIPTIVEAND PETROPHYSICAL BOREHOLE LOGS Larry N. Smith MAPPING WITH ALLOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING ALLUVIAL LANDSCAPES IN SOUTHERN BURGUNDY, FRANCE Eric C. Straffin MINERAL EXPLORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF LAKE SEDIMENT GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA Stephen J. Cook AGGREGATE POTENTIAL MAPPING Ross I. Kelly & Peter T. Bobrowsky ‘HOT SPOTS’ AND ‘SENSITIVE AREAS’: CONTRIBUTION OF REMOTE SENSING TO GEOENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING IN LEBANON Mohamad R. Khawlie GEOENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING IN SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN: RAINFALL EROSION POTENTIAL D.J. Sauchyn BATHOMETRIC DATA FOR 2D AND 3D LANDSCAPE MAPPING C. Cam Muir, R.F. Watkins, The T. Ha & Michael A. Vankoeveringe GEOENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING FOR GROUNDWATER PROTECTION IN ILLINOIS, USA Richard C. Berg THE DEVELOPMENT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF A GEOLOGIC SENSITIVITY MAP OF THE ROUGE RIVER WATERSHED IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, USA Daniel T. Rogers MAPPING RIVER CHANNELS AND VELOCITY FIELDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Brian L. Cluer FLOODPLAIN HAZARD ASSESSMENT: APPLICATION TO FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA J.W. Schwab, D.L. Hogan & I. Weiland ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY MAPPING FOR URBAN PLANNING IN LITHUANIA Jurgis Valiunas NATURAL HAZARD MAPPING IN SMALL URBAN AREAS,ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA Natalia Hoyos & Michel Hermelin DIRECT AND INDIRECT ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATIONS IN THE BASIN OF MEXICO José Lugo, J. Juan Zamorano & Arturo García-Romero ENCOURAGING BETTER USE OF GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION BY PLANNERS AND DEVELOPERS IN ENGLAND B.R. Marker GEOENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING APPLIED TO URBAN SETTLEMENTS: LA VALL DE GALLINERA, ALICANTE, SPAIN I. De Villota, M. De Luxán, J.L. Goy, I. Bustamante & C. Zazo MEDICAL GEOLOGY: METHOD, THEORY AND PRACTICE O. Selinus THE GEOGRAPHY OF DISEASE FAMILY TREES:THE CASE OF SELENIUM Harold D. Foster MAP REPRESENTATION OF INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MINING IN THE ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT D. Limpitlaw & A.G. Fabbri HAZARD RISK ASSESSMENT IN RUSSIA Irina Chesnokova, Gregory Koff & David Huntley AN OVERVIEW OF VOLCANIC HAZARD MAPS:PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE C.J. Hickson GEOLOGICAL RADON POTENTIAL MAPPING J.D. Appleton & T.K. Ball THE MAKASSAR STRAIT TSUNAMIGENIC REGION, INDONESIA G.S. Prasetya, W.P. De Lange & T.R. Healy TSUNAMI DEPOSIT MAPPING AT SEASIDE, OREGON, USA Brooke K. Fiedorowicz & Curt D. Peterson ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL DOLINE SUBSIDENCE HAZARD MAPPING: CASE STUDY IN THE EBRO BASIN (SPAIN) J.L. Simón-Gómez & M.A. Soriano MAPPING IN THE INTERPRETATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF FLOWSLIDES IN SENSITIVE QUATERNARY MUDDY SEDIMENTS Michael A. Carson & Marten Geertsema QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION MODEL FOR LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAPPING: TSITIKA AND SCHMIDT CREEK WATERSHEDS, NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Chang-Jo Chung, Peter T. Bobrowsky & Richard Guthrie

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Peter Bobrowsky is Head of the Canada Landslide Loss Reduction Program for the Geological Survey of Canada within Natural Resources Canada. His current research interests include Medical Geology in Canada, landslide mapping in British Columbia, slope stability assessment of Machu Picchu, and landslide risk assessment in Italy. . He is a member/fellow of several organizations including: Canadian Geotechnical Society; International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment; Geological Association of Canada; Geological Society of America; Canadian Quaternary Association; and American Quaternary Association. Peter is author or co-author of over 200 publications.

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