Natural Disasters

Name: Natural Disasters
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ISBN: 9780072428650

ISBN-10: 0072428651

ISBN-13: 9780072428650

Edition: 3rd 2002

Authors: Patrick Leon Abbott

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List price: $93.13
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 5/25/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 8.40" wide x 10.80" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Learning about Natural Disasters Using the Internet
Energy Sources of Disasters	p. 1
Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes	p. 21
Basic Principles of Earthquake Geology and Seismology	p. 52
Earthquakes in Western North America	p. 83
Earthquakes in the Rest of North America	p. 112
Volcanoes	p. 134
Volcanism and Plate Tectonics	p. 155
Mass Movements	p. 180
Climate Change	p. 215
Severe Weather	p. 237
Hurricanes and the Coastline	p. 262
Floods	p. 289
Fire	p. 313
The Great Dyings	p. 332
Impacts with Space Objects	p. 351
Population Growth	p. 369
Glossary	p. 382
Credits	p. 389
Index	p. 391
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