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2. Earth

verfasst von : Jan Kozák, Roger M. W. Musson

Erschienen in: The Illustrated History of the Elements

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

For the first of the four elements to come under inspection for its violent—and indeed disastrous—extremes, we choose Earth. There are two chief manifestations by which this element produces fatalities among human populations: the earthquake, and the landslide or landslip, in which gravitational forces cause mass movements, with ruinous results for any settlement below.

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Titel: Earth
verfasst von: Jan Kozák
Roger M. W. Musson
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Illustrated History of the Elements
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-21424-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-21426-5

Copyright-Jahr: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21426-5_2