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Review Of Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards And Risk Reduction In The Modern World, Kira H. Hamman
Review Of Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards And Risk Reduction In The Modern World, Kira H. Hamman
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Timothy H. Dixon. 2017. Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press) 300 pp. ISBN 978-1108113663.
In Curbing Catastrophe, Timothy H. Dixon explores commonalities among natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the meltdown at Fukushima. He identifies communication failure between scientists and policy makers as a major culprit in the devastation that results from such events and offers strategies for improving that communication. He includes optional in-depth scientific and quantitative examinations of the events and the resulting devastation, making the book appropriate for use …
Mining In Maine : Past, Present, And Future, Carolyn A. Lepage
Mining In Maine : Past, Present, And Future, Carolyn A. Lepage
Maine Collection
Mining in Maine : Past, Present, and Future
by Carolyn A. Lepage, Michael E. Foley, and Woodrow B. Thompson
Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Me., 1990.
Contents: Introduction / The Early Years: Pre-Civil War / The Civil War to World War II / The War Years of the 1940's / The Postwar Years: 1940's to 1960 / The 1960's / The 1970's / Maine Mineral Resources Association / The 1980's / Current Mining and Exploration / Future Potential / Acknowledgments / References
Structural, Remote Sensing And Multivariate Correlation Methods As Aids To Mineral Exploration, Central Ireland, D.W. Coller, M.F. Critchley, J.M. Dolan, Ciaran Mcdonnell, C.J. Murphy, W.E.A. Phillips, D.J. Sanderson
Structural, Remote Sensing And Multivariate Correlation Methods As Aids To Mineral Exploration, Central Ireland, D.W. Coller, M.F. Critchley, J.M. Dolan, Ciaran Mcdonnell, C.J. Murphy, W.E.A. Phillips, D.J. Sanderson
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This work discusses structural, remote sensing and multivariate correlation methods as aids to mineral exploration in West Central Ireland. The work was performed as part of the EU-funded CREST project.
Peat Resources Of Maine - Volume 4: Southern And Western Maine, Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage
Peat Resources Of Maine - Volume 4: Southern And Western Maine, Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage
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Peat Resources of Maine - Volume 4: Southern and Western Maine
by Cornelia C. Cameron, Michael K. Mullen, Carolyn A. Lepage & Walter A. Anderson
Bulletin 31 - Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, Augusta, Maine (1984).
Preparation of this report was supported by funds furnished by the U.S. Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG18-79ET14690, the Maine Office of Energy Resources, the Maine Geological Survey, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Contents: Introduction / The Maine Peat Resource Evaluation Program / Geologic Setting of Maine Peat Deposits / Formation of Peat Deposits in Maine / Methods of Investigation / Identification of …
Report Of The State Geologist 1947-1948, Maine Geological Survey
Report Of The State Geologist 1947-1948, Maine Geological Survey
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Report of the State Geologist 1947-1948.
Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - March 1949.
Contents: Activity of the Maine Geological Survey, 1947-48 / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Review of the Aroostook County Manganese Deposits / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Notes on Ground Water Conditions in Maine / Joseph M. Trefethen -- The Desert of Maine / Henry Allen and Elbert Pratt -- Reconnaissance Surveys of Limestones in Franklin County, Maine / Lawrence Wing and Arthur Dawson -- Preliminary Report on Asbestos and Associated Rocks of Northwestern Maine / Lawrence Goldthwait -- Clay Survey 1948 / Earl …