Marine Geo-Hazards in China, the first book to focus specifically on potential marine geological hazards in China, includes 19 chapters with varying focus on key issues surrounding the topic.Early chapters discuss the historical background, research progress, and geological environments in China's sea area. Next, multiple chapters present special topics on geological hazards in China's sea area, including its disaster pregnant environment, mechanisms of disaster change, the development regularity and disaster formation process, and existing or potential dangers and countermeasures. Final chapters present the latest information on the distribution, development, assessment, and risk analysis of marine geological hazards.This book is an important source of information for government and local policymakers, environmental and marine scientists, and engineers.
| ISBN: | 9780128127261 |
| Publication date: | 20th June 2017 |
| Author: | Yin-can (Professor and General Engineer, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China) YE |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 794 pages |
| Genres: |
Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere Oceanography (seas and oceans) Environmental science, engineering and technology |