Natural disasters /
Natural disasters and the human population - Energy flows in earth history and natural disasters - Plate tectonics - Earthquakes - Tsunami - Volcanic eruptions - Magmas - Killer events - Mass movements - Atmosphere, oceans and long-term climate change - Short-term climate change and severe weather -...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
McGraw-Hill,
[2008]
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- More U.S. and Canadian earthquakes
- Volcanic eruptions : plate tectonics and magmas
- Volcano case histories : killer events
- Mass movements
- Atmosphere, oceans, and long-term climate change
- Short-term climate change and severe weather
- Hurricanes and the coastline
- Floods
- Fire
- The great dyings
- Impacts with space objects.