Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbott.

Author
Abbott, Patrick L. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Sixth edition
Published/​Created
Boston : McGraw-Hill, ©2008.
Description
xvii, 510 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

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      Subject(s)
      Summary note
      Natural disasters and the human population - Energy flows in earth history and natural disasters - Plate tectonics - Earthquakes - Tsunami - Volcanic eruptions - Magmas - Killer events - Mass movements - Atmosphere, oceans and long-term climate change - Short-term climate change and severe weather - Hurricanes and the coastline - Floods - Fire - Fossils - Mass extinctions.
      Notes
      Includes index.
      Contents
      • Natural disasters and the human population
      • Energy flows in earth history and natural disasters
      • Plate tectonics and earthquakes
      • Earthquake geology and Seismology
      • Tsunami
      • Some earthquakes in western North America
      • More U.S. and Canadian earthquakes
      • Volcanic eruptions : plate tectonics and magmas
      • Volcano case histories : killer events
      • Mass movements
      • Atmosphere, oceans, and long-term climate change
      • Short-term climate change and severe weather
      • Hurricanes and the coastline
      • Floods
      • Fire
      • The great dyings
      • Impacts with space objects.
      ISBN
      • 9780073050348 ((hard copy ; : alk. paper))
      • 0073050342 ((hard copy ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780071102186
      • 0071102183
      LCCN
      2006102905
      OCLC
      86115518
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