Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbott.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higer Education, 2004.Edition: 4th edDescription: xiv, 460 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cmISBN:- 0072528095
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 904.5 ABB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 900091282 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Ch. 1. Natural disaster and their energency sources -- Ch. 2. Plate tectonics and earthquakes -- Ch. 3. Basic principles of earthquake geology, seismology, and tsunami -- Ch. 4. Some earthquakes in western North America -- Ch. 5. More United States and Canadian earthquakes -- Ch. 6. Volcanic eruptions : plate tectonics and magmas -- Ch. 7. Volcanic eruptions continue -- Ch. 8. Mass movements -- Ch. 9. Climate change -- Ch. 10. Severe weather -- Ch. 11. Hurricanes and the coastline -- Ch. 12. Floods -- Ch. 13. Fire -- Ch. 14. The great dyings -- Ch. 15. Impacts with space objects -- Ch. 16. Population growth.
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