Abbott, Patrick L. <br/><br/>
Natural disasters / 
Patrick L. Abbott. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Boston :  WCB/McGraw-Hill,  �1999. 
 - xiii, 397 pp:  illu. (some color), maps ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Energy sources of disasters --  Plate tectonics and earthquakes --  Basic principles of earthquake geology and seismology --  Earthquakes in Western North America --  Earthquakes in the rest of North America --  Volcanoes 134 --  Volcanism and plate tectonics --  Mass movements --  Climate change --  Severe weather --  Hurricanes and the coastline --  Flood 289 --  Fire 313 --  The great dyings 332 --  Impact with space objects --  Population growth.  Chapter 1.  Chapter 2.  Chapter 3.  Chapter 4.  Chapter 5.  Chapter 6.  Chapter 7.  Chapter 8.  Chapter 9.  Chapter 10.  Chapter 11.  Chapter 12.  Chapter 13.  Chapter 14.  Chapter 15.  Chapter 16. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0697374394 9780697374394 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98023748  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Natural disasters.<br/>Natural Disasters<br/>Catastrophes naturelles.<br/>natural disasters.<br/>Natural disasters.<br/>DISASTERS.<br/>EARTHQUAKES.<br/>VOLCANOES.<br/>CLIMATE CHANGE.<br/>FLOODS.<br/>WEATHER.<br/>HURRICANES.<br/>FIRE (CLIMATOLOGY)<br/>POPULATIONS.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GB5014  / .A2