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Marine Geo-Hazards in China

  • 1st Edition - June 20, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Yin-can YE
  • Language: English

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 surrou… Read more

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Description

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.

Key features

  • Discusses the background, current research, and systematically reviews the history, major advances in the studies in the field, and demonstrates the development prospect of this subject
  • Contains and summarizes the author’s longstanding achievements in the field, as well as includes a wide range of researches conducted both locally and overseas
  • Systematically summarizes the basic characteristics of the distribution and development of the main types of geological hazards in China seas
  • Puts forward the scheme of marine geological disaster regionalization of China, and is significant for researches in other countries or regions

Readership

Researchers, Technicians, Marine Geologists, Environmental Geologists, Ocean Engineers, Disaster prevention engineers, Government and local policy makers

Table of contents

ForewordPreface1. 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

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 22, 2017
  • Language: English

About the author

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Yin-can YE

Professor Ye graduated from the Department of Geology, Nanjing University in 1966. He works as the General Engineer of Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China, with more than 40-years’ experience on marine engineering geology, engineering geophysics, oceanography, and application research in key technology of ocean engineering construction. He led many researches on marine geo-hazards, marine environment and safety engineering, seafloor detection, and in-situ test techniques. Until now, Prof. Ye published more than 90 papers and 3 books, edited 2 national technical standards.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and General Engineer, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China

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