Kusky, Timothy M. <br/><br/>
Landslides :  mass wasting, soil, and mineral hazards / 
Timothy Kusky 
 - New York :  Facts on File,  c2008 
 - xvi, 128 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
 - The hazardous Earth .
 - The hazardous Earth .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Weathering and the formation of soils -- Hazardous elements in soils and the regolith -- Water in the regolith: expansive clays, liquefaction, and groundwater pollution -- Mass wasting processes -- Undersea landslides -- Landslide disasters -- Reduction of landslide hazards and damages 
<br/><br/> "Examines the formation of soil from regolith--the outermost layer of Earth--and bedrock and discusses some of the hazardous elements that are concentrated in it" 
<br/><br/> 012 up 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0816064652 9780816064656 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Landslides--Juvenile literature<br/>Mass-wasting--Juvenile literature<br/>Landslide hazard analysis--Juvenile literature<br/>Landslides