Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbott.
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TextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2006.Edition: 5th edDescription: xvii, 496 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN: - 0072826819
- 904.5 ABB
- GB5014 .A24 2006
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Natural disasters and the human population -- Ch. 2. Energy flows in earth history and natural disasters -- Ch. 3. Plate tectonics and earthquakes -- Ch. 4. Basic principles of earthquake geology, seismology, and tsunami -- Ch. 5. Some earthquakes in western North america -- Ch. 6. More U.S. and Canadian earthquakes -- Ch. 7. Volcanic eruptions: plate tectonics and magmas -- Ch. 8. Volcano case histories ; killer events -- Ch. 9. Mass movements -- Ch. 10. Atmosphere, oceans, and long-term climate change -- Ch. 11. Short-term climate change and severe weather -- Ch. 12. Hurricanes and the coastline -- Ch. 13. Floods -- Ch. 14. Fire -- Ch. 15. The great dyings -- Ch. 16. Impacts with space objects.
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