Natural Disasters

Name: Natural Disasters
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ISBN: 9780073376691

ISBN-10: 0073376698

ISBN-13: 9780073376691

Edition: 7th 2009

Authors: Patrick Leon Abbott

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Natural Disasters, 7th edition, focuses on how the normal processes of the Earth concentrate their energies and deal heavy blows to humans and their structures. It is concerned with how the natural world operates and, in so doing, kills and maims humans and destroys their works. Throughout the book, certain themes are maintained: . energy sources underlying disasters . plate tectonics and climate change; . earth processes operating in rock, water, and atmosphere; . significance of geologic time; . complexities of multiple variables operating simultaneously; . detailed and readable case studies..

Book details

List price: $127.19
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 12/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

Pat Abbott is a professor at San Diego State University




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



Earthquakes in Continental US and Canada plus Hawaii



Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas



Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events



Mass Movements



Weather and Tornadoes



Climate Change



Hurricanes and the Coastline



Floods



Fire



The Great Dyings



Impacts with Space Objects


Glossary


Credits


Index