Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbott.

By: Abbott, Patrick LMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2008Edition: 6th edDescription: xvii, 510 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cmISBN: 9780073050348 (hard copy : alk. paper)Subject(s): Natural disastersLOC classification: GB5014 | .A22 2008 CIRC
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.
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Includes index.

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.

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