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2. Earth

Authors : Jan Kozák, Roger M. W. Musson

Published in: The Illustrated History of the Elements

Publisher: 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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Title: Earth
Authors: Jan Kozák
Roger M. W. Musson
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The Illustrated History of the Elements
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-21424-1

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

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