Landslides, slumps, & creep /

Goodwin, Peter, 1951-

Landslides, slumps, & creep / Peter Goodwin. - New York : Franklin Watts, c1997. - 64 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. - A first book .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.

Describes the causes and consequences of landslides, avalanches, and other, sometimes rapid, sometimes slow, downward movements of rocks, soil, and/or snow.

0531203328

96037288 /AC


Mass-wasting--Juvenile literature.
Landslides.
Avalanches.
Soil mechanics.

QE598.3 / .G66 1997

551.3/07