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| adam_text | Titel: The dynamics of disaster
Autor: Kieffer, Susan W
Jahr: 2013
CONTENTS
Preface
THE NATURE OF DISASTER xiii
Chapter 1
GEOLOGIC CONSENT-DO WE HAVE IT OR NOT? 1
CHANGES OF STATE AND CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 3
DISASTERS: NATURAL, UNNATURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL,
STEALTH 7
KNOWN KNOWNS, KNOWN UNKNOWNS, AND
UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS 9
A TOUR OF DISASTERS 14
Chapter 2
DYNAMICS AND DISASTERS 19
EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, VOLCANOES 21
EXPLODING BICYCLE TIRES: CHANGES OF STATE 30
FOOTBALL, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, AND
CONSERVATION OF STUFF 33
FLOWING RIVERS: CHANGES IN REGIME 37
viii CONTENTS
Chapter 3
WHEN TERRA ISN T FIRMA 39
HAITI, CHRISTCHURCH, SHAANXI, AND . . .
WASHINGTON, DC? 41
EARTHQUAKES, VIOLINS, AND FURNITURE MOVING 43
SHAKE, RATTLE, AND ROLL 47
SHAKE, RATTLE, AND JIGGLE 51
SHAKE, BAKE, ZAP, AND GLOW 56
REFLECTIONS: RARE EVENTS, HIGH STAKES
AND RISK COMMUNICATION 63
Chapter 4
THE FLYING CARPET OF ELM 67
A FLOATING FARM AND A FLYING CARPET 69
DIVERSITY: LANDSLIDES HAVE IT 73
A DANGEROUS COMBINATION: GEOLOGY,
WEATHER, AND HUMANS 75
GO . . . NO GO . . . GO . . . NO GO . . . GONE 80
STURZSTROMS AND FLYING CARPETS 84
THE MOTHER OF ALL LANDSLIDES:
HEART MOUNTAIN 90
REFLECTIONS: GEOLOGY, A BIFOCAL SCIENCE 92
Chapter 5
THE DAY THE MOUNTAIN BLEW 95
BLA-LOOM! 97
BREWING UP A DANGEROUS MIX 102
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM AT MOUNT
ST. HELENS 106
THE STORM: AN ASH HURRICANE 109
CONTENTS
/x
UP, UP, AND AWAY 115
THE BANG IN THE BURP: VEI, THE RICHTER
SCALE OF VOLCANOES 123
REFLECTIONS: CHAIN REACTIONS 124
Chapter 6
THE POWER OF WATER: TSUNAMIS 127
MEGA-TSUNAMIS: A WILD RIDE IN LITUYA BAY 129
THE INDIAN OCEAN AND TOHOKU TSUNAMIS 134
PRIMER: WAVES AND TEENAGERS 138
BIRTH OF A TSUNAMI 141
RUNNING FREE: TSUNAMIS AT SEA 147
DEATH OF A TSUNAMI: RUN-UP 150
REFLECTIONS: WHERE, WHEN, BUT NOT IF 154
Chapter 7
ROGUE WAVES, STORMY WEATHER 159
OOPS . . . MY HELICOPTER IS TOO LOW! 161
AN ASIDE ABOUT WIND-DRIVEN WAVES 167
WHAT DISTINGUISHES A ROGUE WAVE FROM
A MERE BIG WAVE? 169
SMOKE RINGS 172
FERREL CELLS AND SPINNING TOPS 179
OCEAN GYRES AND CURRENTS 182
THE REST OF THE STORY 184
REFLECTIONS: ROGUE WAVES, OPTICAL FIBERS,
AND SUPERFLUID HELIUM 187
x CONTENTS
Chapter 8
RIVERS IN THE SKY 191
THE GLASS HOUSE, JOPLIN, AND CHOPPING ICE
FOR CULINARY PURPOSES 193
PRIMER: RIVERS OF WATER 199
RIVERS OF AIR 202
WINDS THAT FLOW OVER TOPOGRAPHY: FOEHNS,
CHINOOKS, AND STEVE FOSSETT 204
WINDS THAT FLOW THROUGH TOPOGRAPHY:
GAP WINDS 210
THE BIGGEST RIVERS IN THE SKY: OUR JET STREAMS
AND HURRICANE SANDY 214
TORNADOES AND JOPLIN 218
REFLECTIONS: TO WARN OR NOT TO WARN? 222
Chapter 9
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE . . . OR NOT
A DROP TO DRINK 225
A PLAGUE OF SNAKES 227
2011: BILLIONS AND BILLIONS 230
MIRROR IMAGES: DROUGHTS AND FLOODS 233
CHILDREN OF THE TROPICS: EL NINO AND
LA NINA 237
WHIRLING AROUND 243
WHAT CAN WE SAY, WHAT CAN T WE SAY,
AND WHY? 249
REFLECTIONS: THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE 252
CONTENTS xi
Chapter 10
EARTH AND US 255
L AQUILA: SCIENTISTS ON TRIAL 257
RISK IN THE MODERN WORLD 260
PROPOSAL FOR A CDC FOR PLANET EARTH 263
Acknowledgments 273
Notes 275
Index 301
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