Download or read book The Science of a Sink Hole written by Robin Koontz and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the science behind sinkholes. The chapters examine historical sinkholes, describe environmental factors that cause sinkholes, and explain how scientists respond to these disasters. Diagrams, charts, and photos provide opportunities to evaluate and understand the scientific concepts involved.
Download or read book Florida Sinkholes written by Robert Brinkmann and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Below the live oaks, palm trees, cypress swamps, and springs, water is slowly wearing away the limestone bedrock of Florida. The erosion is often unseen, and over time it can result in shocking cave-ins like the destructive spectacle of the 1981 Winter Park sinkhole. Florida Sinkholes--the first comprehensive book on the subject--is an easy-to-follow guide to understanding how sinkholes form and what to do about Florida's sometimes pockmarked landscape. City planners, construction managers, developers, and homeowners alike will find this book invaluable because of the heavy impact and increasing frequency of sinkhole formation in the state. Amateur geologists will be fascinated by the subtle forces of nature that can make solid rock disappear. Tackling the problem of sinkholes in useful detail, this book packs an abundance of sound scientific fact into frank, readable language. Learn about the captivating workings of karst, a term for the swiss cheese-like formations of soluble rock that underlie the peninsula. Discover current state-of-the-art approaches to mapping sinkholes and subsurface voids. Review such practical concerns as structural damage, repairs, insurance problems, and management of karst lands. Examine case studies of several notable sinkholes and sinkhole events. Even before you've finished reading, you may find yourself itching to get out and visit these intriguing marvels of Florida geology for yourself.
Download or read book Development of Sinkholes Resulting from Man s Activities in the Eastern United States written by John G. Newton and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See journals under US Geological survey. Circular 968.
Download or read book The Science of a Sinkhole written by Robin Michal Koontz and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the science behind sinkholes.
Download or read book Sinkholes written by Nadia Higgins and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sinkhole is exactly what it sounds like: a giant, sinking hole in the earth! They happen in almost every state and every country. They have been carving out Earth’s landscape for millions of years. Learn all about the causes, warning signs, and what to do in case you encounter one of these terrifying and sometimes deadly disasters. This title will allow students to refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. • Phonetic Glossary • Diagrams and maps • Experiment • Text based questions
Download or read book Sinkholes written by Sandra Friend and published by Pineapple Press. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything young readers 12 and up ever wanted to know about these unique formations. A sinkhole is a hole in the ground, but a very special one, appearing anywhere where rock dissolves allowing the ground above it to sink. Some sinkholes happen gradually, but others open up almost instantly. (These are the ones you hear about in the news when one swallows a house.) Sinkholes happen worldwide—from valleys in the high Himalayan Mountains to the depths of the Adriatic Sea, from the crystal-clear springs of Florida to the oases of the Arabian Desert. With 140 color photos, this book illustrates how sinkholes are an important part of our natural environment.
Download or read book Sinkholes written by Eric Reeder and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what causes sinkholes. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and helpful infographics help readers learn all about the science behind this phenomenon as well as ways that people study or protect it.
Download or read book Land Subsidence in the United States written by Devin L. Galloway and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sinkholes written by Sandra Friend and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-10 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sinkholes appear where rock dissolves underground allowing the ground over it to collapse. An in-depth geological investigation.
Download or read book Sinkholes and Subsidence written by Tony Waltham and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sinkholes and Subsidence" provides a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in carbonate and evaporite rocks cause problems in development and construction in our living environment. The authors explain the processes by which different types of sinkholes develop and mature in karst terrains. They consider the various methods used in site investigations, both direct and indirect, to locate the features associated with these hazards and risks, highlighting the value of hazard mapping. Various ground improvement techniques and the special types of foundation structures which deal with these problems are covered in the second half of the text. This book is supplemented with a wealth of actual case studies and solutions, written by invited experts.
Download or read book Sinkhole written by Davida G. Breier and published by University of New Orleans Press. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boiled peanuts, lovebugs, and murder. Lies from the past and a dangerous present collide when, after fifteen years in exile, Michelle Miller returns to her tiny hometown of Lorida, Florida. With her mother in the hospital, she’s forced to reckon with the broken relationships she left behind: with her family, with friends, and with herself. As a teenager, Michelle felt isolated and invisible until she met Sissy, a dynamic and wealthy classmate. Their sudden, intense friendship was all-consuming. Punk rocker Morrison later joins their clique, and they become an inseparable trio. They were the perfect high school friends, bound by dysfunction, bad TV, and boredom—until one of them ends up dead. Confronting the death of her best friend requires Michelle to face her past if she is going to survive. But what if everything she remembers is a lie? Or just as dangerous: What if it isn’t? An ingenious debut from editor and publisher Davida Breier, Sinkhole is a mesmerizing, darkly comic coming-of-age thriller immersed in 1980s central Florida. A disturbing and skillful exploration of home, friendship, selfhood, and grief set amidst golf courses, mobile homes, and alligators.
Download or read book Studying Sinkholes written by Tamra B. Orr and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, students see the scientific method at work in a real-world situation. Readers practice close reading as they look for clues that will lead to a deeper understanding of erosion, sinkholes, and Earth's structure. The scientific method pushes students to apply critical thinking as they learn new methods of exploration and build on concepts they may already know. Additional tools, including a glossary and index, help students learn new vocabulary and locate information.
Download or read book Subsidence written by D.J. Reddish and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surface subsidence is recognised as a problem in most countries, particularly those with significant mining and other underground resource extraction industries. This book addresses the problems relating to subsidence whether caused naturally, or arising from mining or other forms of underground extractive activity.The main purpose of this book is to bring together subsidence knowledge, experiences and research findings in many countries and rationalise such information especially in respect of its particular field of application. Emphasis has been given to collating field data on subsidence from different countries in order to make direct comparisons. Prediction of subsidence, particularly its occurrence and general characteristics has been seen as an important area where the book can contribute significantly in terms of reviewing available knowledge, methods, scope of application and orders of accuracy achieved. The book also examines methods of controlling subsidence and discusses the response of surface structures to and protection against subsidence.
Download or read book Geomorphology and Hydrology of Karst Terrains written by William Blaine White and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Does it sink or float written by Susan Hughes and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Vibrant photographs and accessible text introduce young scientists to the concept of density. Readers are encouraged to explore what makes some objects float and others sink.
Download or read book Sinkhole written by E. Paul Braxton and published by . This book was released on 2001-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fabulous Sinkhole and Other Stories written by JesÏs Salvador TreviÐo and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1995-04-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fabulous Sinkhole and Other Stories is a first collection of short stories by noted film director and writer, JesÏs Salvador TreviÐo. TreviÐoÍs decision to write a collection of short stories arose from his frustration over years Hollywood rejecting his film projects with Hispanic characters and themes. Rather than give up, he channeled his energy into these short stories. Through his interconnected stories, TreviÐo gives us an off-beat, magically real and at times raucous vision of life in the barrios of Arroyo Grande, Texas. Ever the observer of the tragicomic human scene, TreviÐo recreates for the reader the world of adults as overheard and filtered through the understanding of the young. Each adult action creates a wave of repercussions for the children, be it love triangles, petty jealousies or revenge. The rich texture of the narrative and the rich diversity of Hispanic characters all come to a romping, feverish end with a fantasy that features an army of movie stereotypes of Hispanics who have returned as zombies bent on avenging themselves on Hollywood directors and screenwriters.
