Bibliograph

Crushing avalanches, Louise and Richard Spilsbury

Type

Label

Crushing avalanches, Louise and Richard Spilsbury

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crushing avalanches

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Louise and Richard Spilsbury

Series statement

Awesome forces of nature

Summary

Describes the causes and effects of avalanches, case studies of past avalanches, and how they can be predicted or prevented in the future

Table Of Contents

What is an avalanche? -- Where do avalanches happen? -- What causes an avalanche? -- Case study : Yungay, Peru, 1970 -- What happens in an avalanche? -- Case study : Les Orres, France, 1998 -- Who helps after an avalanche? -- Case study : Anchorage, Alaska, 2000 -- Can avalanches be predicted? -- Can avalanches be prevented? -- How do people prepare for avalanches? -- How about avalanches in the future? -- Some avalanche disasters of the past

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification