Resources

General Resources

  • Macdougall, J. D. 2011. Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future. University of California Press, Berkeley, 285 pp.
  • NASA Earth Observatory Natural Hazards map. (Monthly images of Earth hazards occurring globally.).

General Resources for Specific Areas of the South Central US

Hurricanes

Coastal Hazards and Processes

Floods

Tornados

Expansive Soils

Landslides

  • Highland, L. 2004. Landslide types and processes. US Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3072, 4 pp.

Earthquakes

Radon

Sinkholes

  • Johnson, K. S. 2013. Salt karst and collapse structures in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and Texas. In: L. Land, D. H. Doctor, & J. B. Stephenson (eds.), Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Multidisciplinary Conference, National Cave and Karst Research Institute Symposium 2.
  • The Science of Sinkholes, US Geological Survey, 2013.
  • Wines, M. 2013. Ground gives way, and a Louisiana town struggles to find its footing. New York Times, 26 September 2013, p. A1.

Earth Hazards Teaching Resources