Natural Disasters

4. Revised Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-07-292198-4
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 221 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 1038 g

This book focuses on natural disasters: 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abbott, Patrick Leon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Natural Disasters and Their Energy Sources2 Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes3 Basic Principles of Earthquake Geology, Seismology and Tsunami4 Some Earthquakes in Western North America5 More United States and Canadian Earthquakes6 Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas7 Volcanic Eruptions Continue8 Mass Movements9 Climate Change10 Severe Weather11 Hurricanes and the Coastline12 Floods13 Fire14 The Great Dyings15 Impacts with Space Objects16 Population Growth

Über Autor(innen)

Abbott, Patrick Leon
Pat Abbott is a professor at San Diego State University