Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbott.

By:

Abbott, Patrick L

Publication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2002.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: x, 422 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:

0072428651
9780072428650

Subject(s):

Natural disasters

DDC classification:

904.5 21 ABB

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Contents
1 Energy Sources of Disasters
2 Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
3 Basic Principles of Earthquake Geology and Seismology
4 Some Earthquakes in Western North America
5 More United States and Canadian Earthquakes
6 Volcanoes
7 Volcanism and Plate Tectonics
8 Mass Movements
9 Climate Change
10 Severe Weather
11 Hurricanes and the Coastline
12 Floods
13 Fire
14 The Great Dyings
15 Impacts with Space Objects
16 Population Growth

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