Natural Disasters

Type

Book

Authors

Patrick Leon Abbott

ISBN 10

0073376698

ISBN 13

9780073376691

Tags

Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Environmental Science, Geology, Natural Disasters, Rivers, Weather, Adventure, Disaster Relief, Earth Sciences

Description

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. - from Amzon

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