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Geologic Hazards: Risks and Mitigation
CHAPTER 8: Geologic hazards 131 CHAPTER 8 Geologic hazards : Risks and Identifying and Profiling Geological hazards Assessment of Local Geological hazards Vulnerability and Potential Losses Assessment of State Geological hazards Vulnerability and Potential Losses Geological hazards Mitigation Efforts132 UTAH STATE HAZARD Mitigation Identifying and Profiling Geological hazards Geologic hazards are those Geologic conditions that present a risk to life (injury or death), of substantial loss or damage to proper-ty, or damage to the environment. Geologic hazards affect Utah, negatively impacting life safety, health, property, and the state s economy. For the purpose of this Mitigation plan, the term geological hazard is used to describe earthquake hazards (ground shaking, surface fault rupture, and liquefaction), landslide hazards (landslide and rockfall), problem soil and rock hazards , and volcanic hazards (volcanoes and eruptions).
Tsunamis Shallow Groundwater Problem Soil and Rock Hazards, including: Breccia pipes and karst Caliche Collapsible soils Corrosive soil and rock Expansive soil and rock Gypsiferous soil and rock Land subsidence and earth fissures Piping and erosion Radon gas Salt tectonics Shallow bedrock Wind-blown sand Volcanic Hazards, including: Volcanic ...
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