Ferry, sinking

Cosmos Club Irving (1967), p. 166. Vemork bombing and ferry sinking cf. ibid., p. 174ff Haukelid (1954), p. 149ff,... 

Carbonates The precipitation of carbonates by microorganisms is widespread suggesting that microbial carbonate precipitation coupled with silicate weathering could provide a potential sink for CO2 in terrestrial environments (Thompson Ferris, 1990 Verrecchia et al. 1990 Rivadeneyra et al. 1993 Bruand Duval, 1999 Folk Chafetz, 2000 Fujita et al. 2000 Merz-Preip, 2000 Riding, 2000 von Knorre Krumbein, 2000 Warren et al. 2001 Hammes Verstraete, 2002). Manoli et al. (1997) demonstrated that chitin is a substrate on which calcite will readily nucleate and grow. Fungal filaments mineralized with calcite... 

This new edition of a well received and popular book contains a general update of historical data, more material concerning road and rail accidents and, most importantly, a new chapter on the human factor. The author provides a broad survey of the accidents to which engineering structures and vehicles may be subject. Historical records are analysed to determine how loss and fatality rates vary with time and these results are displayed in numerous graphs and tables. Notable catastrophes such as the sinking of the Titanic and the Estonia ferry disaster are described. Natural disasters are considered generally, with more detail in this edition on the role that humans play in disasters. 

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