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Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL HAZARDS Volume Editor
Peter Bobrowsky is an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Natural Hazards Research, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada ([email protected]). With over 30 years of professional experience as an environmental and engineering geologist he has worked in Africa, China, India, North America, Middle East and South America. He has published extensively on a variety of subjects and has served/serves on a number of bodies and organizations: Secretary General of IUGS, President of the Geological Association of Canada, President of the Canadian Quaternary Association, Vice President of the International Consortium on Landslides, editorial board for Landslides Quaternary International and several others. The project to compile and publish this volume was completed during his tenure as SG of IUGS.
Editorial Board
Pedro Basabe UN/ISDR Africa Programme United Nations Complex, Gigiri PO Box 47074 Nairobi, Kenya
Bill McGuire Department of Earth Sciences University College London 136 Gower Street (Lewis Building) London, UK
Tom Beer Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) PB1, Aspendale Victoria, Australia
Jay Melosh Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Civil Engineering Building, Room 3237 550 Stadium Mall Drive Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Norm Catto Department of Geography Memorial University St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Farrokh Nadim Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) PO Box 3930 Ullevall Stadion Oslo, Norway
Viacheslav K. Gusiakov Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences Pr.Lavrentieva, 6 Novosibirsk, Russia
Paul Slovic Decision Research 1201 Oak Street, Suite 200 Eugene, Oregon, USA
Michael K. Lindell Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center Texas A&M University College Station, Texas, USA
Philipp Schmidt-Thomé Geological Survey of Finland PO Box 96 02151 Espoo, Finland
Aims of the Series
The Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of all the main areas in the Earth Sciences. Each volume comprises a focused and carefully chosen collection of contributions from leading names in the subject, with copious illustrations and reference lists. These books represent one of the world’s leading resources for the Earth Sciences community. Previous volumes are being updated and new works published so that the volumes will continue to be essential reading for all professional earth scientists, geologists, geophysicists, climatologists, and oceanographers as well as for teachers and students. See the back of this volume for a current list of titles in the Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Go to http://www.springerlink.com/reference-works/ to visit the “Earth Sciences Series” online.
About the Series Editor
Professor Charles W. Finkl has edited and/or contributed to more than eight volumes in the Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. For the past 28 years he has been the Executive