Marine Geo-Hazards in China

Marine Geo-Hazards in China is the first book to focus specifically on potential marine geological hazards in China. This book includes 19 chapters; chapter 1-3 discusses the historical background, research progress, and the geological environments in China's sea area; chapter 4-17 discusses the special topics of main types of geological hazards in China's sea area, including disaster pregnant environment, mechanism of disaster changes, development regularity and disaster formation process, existing or potential dangers and countermeasures. In last 2 chapters, the distribution, development, assessment, and risk analysis of marine geological hazards are discussed. This book is an important source of information for government and local policy makers, environmental and marine scientists, and engineers. The first book to focus on marine geo-hazards in China, which covers almost all potential marine geological hazards, including natural, anthropogenic, and mixedPuts together a comprehensive contents on basic geology, basic marine systems, basic engineering applications, but also includes historical assessments and case studies and applicationsProvides invaluable insight into the problems that must be considered in designing coastal structures to protect infrastructure investments