Author: Nadia Higgins
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1643696610
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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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
Author: Robert Brinkmann
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813047773
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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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.
Author: Ann Squire
Publisher: Children's Press
ISBN: 9780531222966
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Learn all about sinkholes, from how they are formed to how they can affect people around the world"--
Author: Sandra Friend
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648981
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
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Sinkholes appear where rock dissolves underground allowing the ground over it to collapse. An in-depth geological investigation.
Author: Tony Waltham
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540269533
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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"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.
Author: Robin Koontz
Publisher: Cherry Lake
ISBN: 1633625133
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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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.
Author: Sandra Friend
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 1561642584
Category : Sinkholes
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Text and photographs explore sinkholes, a natural phenomenon caused by the interaction between rock and water.
Author: Davida G. Breier
Publisher: University of New Orleans Press
ISBN: 1608012301
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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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.
Author: Barry F. Beck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sinkholes
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Author: John G. Newton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Book Description
See journals under US Geological survey. Circular 968.
