Author : Ann Squire
Publisher : Children's Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780531222966
"Learn all about sinkholes, from how they are formed to how they can affect people around the world"--
Author : Nadia Higgins
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 2015-08
Category : Sinkholes
ISBN : 9781634305228
In Sinkholes, readers will learn how sinkholes have been carving out the earth's landscape for millions of years and the warning signs of a potential sinkhole in the making. This title will allow students to track historical facts and future improvements while gauging their understanding with a variety of reading comprehension tools. The Devastating Disasters series captures readers' attention with captivating photographs, descriptions, and factoids of catastrophes ranging from technology failure to destructive weather. Each 48-page book features engaging before- and after-reading sections that prompt readers to understand the impact these events have on society and the environment.
Author : Robin Koontz
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 36,65 MB
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1633625133
This book discusses the science behind sinkholes. The chapters examine historical sinkholes, describe environmental factors that cause sinkholes, and explain how scientists respond to these disasters. Diagrams, charts, and photos provide opportunities to evaluate and understand the scientific concepts involved.
Author : Robert Brinkmann
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,35 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780813044958
Explains the formation of Florida's sinkholes and discusses Florida's sinkhole policies, mapping, and detection.
Author : Sandra Friend
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sinkholes
ISBN : 1561642584
Text and photographs explore sinkholes, a natural phenomenon caused by the interaction between rock and water.
Author : Davida Gypsy Breier
Publisher : University of New Orleans Press
Page : pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781608012312
"Boiled peanuts, lovebugs, and murder. Lies from the past and a dangerous present collide when, after fifteen years in exile, Michelle Miller returns to her tiny hometown of Lorida, Florida. With her mother in the hospital, she's forced to reckon with the broken relationships she left behind: with her family, with friends, and with herself. As a teenager, Michelle felt isolated and invisible until she met Sissy, a dynamic and wealthy classmate. Their sudden, intense friendship was all-consuming. Punk rocker Morrison later joins their clique, and they become an inseparable trio. They were the perfect high school friends, bound by dysfunction, bad TV, and boredom-until one of them ends up dead. Confronting the death of her best friend requires Michelle to face her past if she is going to survive. But what if everything she remembers is a lie? Or just as dangerous: What if it isn't? An ingenious debut from editor and publisher Davida Breier, Sinkhole is a mesmerizing, darkly comic coming-of-age thriller immersed in 1980s central Florida. A disturbing and skillful exploration of home, friendship, selfhood, and grief set amidst golf courses, mobile homes, and alligators"--
Author : Tony Waltham
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 38,49 MB
Release : 2007-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540269533
"Sinkholes and Subsidence" provides a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in carbonate and evaporite rocks cause problems in development and construction in our living environment. The authors explain the processes by which different types of sinkholes develop and mature in karst terrains. They consider the various methods used in site investigations, both direct and indirect, to locate the features associated with these hazards and risks, highlighting the value of hazard mapping. Various ground improvement techniques and the special types of foundation structures which deal with these problems are covered in the second half of the text. This book is supplemented with a wealth of actual case studies and solutions, written by invited experts.
Author : Jesús Salvador Treviño
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
The Fabulous Sinkhole and Other Stories is a new collection of short stories by noted film director and writer Jesus Salvador Trevino. Through his interconnected stories, Trevino gives us an offbeat, magically real and at times raucous vision of life in the barrios of the fictional town of Arroyo Grande, Texas. Ever the observer of the tragi-comic human scene, Trevino recreates for the reader the world of adults as overheard and filtered through the understanding of the young. Each adult action creates a wave of repercussions on the children, be they love triangles, petty jealousies or revenge. The rich texture of the narrative and the wide diversity of Hispanic characters all come to a romping, feverish end in the book with a fantasy that features an army of movie stereotypes of Hispanics who have returned as zombies bent on avenging themselves on Hollywood directors and screenwriters. Like the "fabulous sinkhole" of the title story, this is a horn of plenty offering unending riches in characterization, situations and emotions.
Author : B.F. Beck
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789058091901
This text covers topics such as sinkhole formation and regional studies of sinkholes and karst. Issues addressed are taken from the 8th multidiscilinary conference on this subject and chart the characteristics of sinkholes and karst as well as their environmental repercussions.
Author : Robert Brinkmann
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,18 MB
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813047773
Below the live oaks, palm trees, cypress swamps, and springs, water is slowly wearing away the limestone bedrock of Florida. The erosion is often unseen, and over time it can result in shocking cave-ins like the destructive spectacle of the 1981 Winter Park sinkhole. Florida Sinkholes--the first comprehensive book on the subject--is an easy-to-follow guide to understanding how sinkholes form and what to do about Florida's sometimes pockmarked landscape. City planners, construction managers, developers, and homeowners alike will find this book invaluable because of the heavy impact and increasing frequency of sinkhole formation in the state. Amateur geologists will be fascinated by the subtle forces of nature that can make solid rock disappear. Tackling the problem of sinkholes in useful detail, this book packs an abundance of sound scientific fact into frank, readable language. Learn about the captivating workings of karst, a term for the swiss cheese-like formations of soluble rock that underlie the peninsula. Discover current state-of-the-art approaches to mapping sinkholes and subsurface voids. Review such practical concerns as structural damage, repairs, insurance problems, and management of karst lands. Examine case studies of several notable sinkholes and sinkhole events. Even before you've finished reading, you may find yourself itching to get out and visit these intriguing marvels of Florida geology for yourself.
