Marine Geo-Hazards in China

Focuses specifically on potential marine geological hazards in China, with invaluable insights for policymakers and scientists

Yin-can YE (Author)

9780128127261, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 20 June 2017

794 pages
23.4 x 19 x 4 cm, 1.81 kg

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.

1. Introduction2. Geographic and Geological Environments in China Seas3. Classification Principles and Scheme of Marine Hazardous Geology and Geological Hazards4. Active Faults in China Seas5. Earthquakes and Tsunami in China Seas6. Submarine Volcano7. Submarine Landslides8. Turbidity Current9. Submarine Sand Wave and Sand Ridges10. Coastal Erosions and Harbor Siltation11. Foundation Scour and Preventive Measures of Offshore Structures12. Liquefaction of Sandy Soil in Seabed13. Shallow Natural Gases14. Fluctuation of Sea Level 15. Seawater Intrusion16. Coastal Land Subsidence17. Marine Soft Clay18. Ancient River Course and Delta at the Seafloor19. Development Rules of Hazardous Geology and Regionalization in China

Subject Areas: The environment [RN], Oceanography [seas RBKC], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG]