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Natural disasters

Title
Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbott.
Author
Abbott, Patrick L.
Publication
Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2002.

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Description
x, 422 pages : illustrations, maps (some color); 28 cm
Subject
  • Natural disasters
  • natural disasters
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Energy sources of disasters -- Plate tectonics and earthquakes -- Basic principles of earthquake geology and seismology -- Some earthquakes in western North America -- More United States and Canadian earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Volcanism and plate tectonics -- Mass movements -- Climate change -- Severe weather -- Hurricanes and the coastline -- Floods -- Fire -- The great dyings -- Impacts with space objects -- Population growth.
ISBN
  • 0072428651
  • 9780072428650
LCCN
00069935
OCLC
  • ocm45610248
  • 45610248
  • SCSB-1239427
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library