bank - sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" riverbank, riverside - the bank of a river incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the...
Hazardous air pollutant means any air pollutant listed as a hazardous air pollutant pursuant to Section 112(b) of the FCAA. Geologically hazardous areas means areas that because of their susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or other geological events, are not suited to the siting of co...
or if significant landslide hazard risk from any cause may become present after development,based onthe planneduse of the property. The contiguous slope shall be considered in the assessment. The assessment shall detail the surface and subsurfaceconditions of the siteand delineate the areas of the ...
Landslide, the movement downslope of a mass of rock, debris, earth, or soil. Landslides occur when gravitational and other types of shear stresses within a slope exceed the shear strength (resistance to shearing) of the materials that form the slope.
Adj.1.geologic- of or relating to or based on geology; "geological formations"; "geologic forces" geological Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Translations --- Select a language: Want to thank...
Regrid has released 18 new nationwide parcel-level attributes in partnership with Esri that cover environmental, demographic, natural hazard risk, and elevation qualities. The full list of attributes is outlined at the end of this Story Map. Below, explore six maps that showcase examples and use...
Achemical hazardrefers to a non-biological substance that has the potential to harm or cause a negative impact to the health and overall life of a human. Chemicals are found in everyday life, whether it be in someone's home, workplace, or in the air which can cause both short and long...
Widespread secondary geological effects were produced by the 2012 Emilia sequence and are mainly related to liquefaction phenomena. A total of more than 1,300 geologic coseismic effects were identified over more than 1,200 km 2 . We present some preliminary results concerning the study of the ...
Union funded research project SYNER-G (FP7 Theme 6: Environment) where existing knowledge has been reviewed in order to extract the most appropriate fragility functions for the vulnerability analysis and loss estimation of the majority of structures and civil works exposed to earthquake hazard. Result...
Image and caption by the United States Geological Survey.Debris Flow Dynamics (Part 1): A United States Geological Survey archival film that explains debris flows.The Debris Flow HazardThe speed and volume of debris flows make them very dangerous. Every year, worldwide, many people are killed ...