Originally conceived as a technical manual, but now offering the reader so much more, this timely work deals with various aspects of geohazards - surely an area of growing importance in this world of global warming. Using photogeology and remote sensing, Quebecois researcher Rivard's work is unique in that the succinct text supports the illustrations, and is devised as a quick-reference, standardized presentation of 170 globally occurring photo-geomorphological units.

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User's Guide to the Atlas and Glossary.- User#x2019;s Guide to the Atlas and Glossary.- Classification of Geohazard-Related Geounits.- Classification of Geohazard-Related Geounits.- Data Sets of the Atlas and Glossary of the Geounits and Variants.- Magmatic Rocks and Structures.- Sedimentary Rocks and Duricrusts.- Geostructures.- Surficial Deposits Group E #x00B7; Aeolian Deposits.- Surficial Deposits Group L #x00B7; Basinal Sediments.- Surficial Deposits Group F #x00B7; Fluvial System Sediments.- Surficial Deposits Group B #x00B7; Marine Littoral Systems.- Surficial Deposits Group G #x00B7; Paraglacial Geosystems.- Surficial Deposits Group Z #x00B7; Periglacial-Related Forms.- Surficial Deposits Group M #x00B7; Mass Movement Materials.