Natural Disasters

Name: Natural Disasters
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ISBN: 9780073369372

ISBN-10: 0073369373

ISBN-13: 9780073369372

Edition: 8th 2012

Authors: Patrick Leon Abbott

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Natural Disasters, 8th edition, is marked by major changes in organization and expanded coverage of weather and climate. The discussion of natural disasters is based on 4 main energy flows: 1) Earth's internal energy flow underlies earthquakes and volcanoes, 2) the external energy flow from the Sun fuels weather and climate including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, 3) gravity acts to pull down mass movements of earth and snow, and 4) impacts with asteroids and comets can have major effects on life. The book focuses on the Earth's natural processes and the disasters that occur when the Earth concentrates its energy and releases it to causing death and destruction. Throughout the…

Book details

List price: $157.67
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 1/31/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English



Prologue Energy Flows



Natural Disasters and the Human Population



Internal Energy and Plate Tectonics



Earthquake Geology and Seismology



Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes



Earthquake Lessons and Regional Settings



Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas



Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events



Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves



External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate



Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold



Hurricanes



Climate Change



Floods



Fire



Mass Movements



Impacts with Space Objects


Epilogue


Glossary


Credits


Index


Available electronically: 7th edition's Chapter on "The Great Dyings"