Abbott, Patrick L. creator text bibliography mau Boston WCB/McGraw-Hill �1999 1999 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xiii, 397 pp: illu. (some color), maps ; 28 cm Chapter 1. Energy sources of disasters -- Chapter 2. Plate tectonics and earthquakes -- Chapter 3. Basic principles of earthquake geology and seismology -- Chapter 4. Earthquakes in Western North America -- Chapter 5. Earthquakes in the rest of North America -- Chapter 6. Volcanoes 134 -- Chapter 7. Volcanism and plate tectonics -- Chapter 8. Mass movements -- Chapter 9. Climate change -- Chapter 10. Severe weather -- Chapter 11. Hurricanes and the coastline -- Chapter 12. Flood 289 -- Chapter 13. Fire 313 -- Chapter 14. The great dyings 332 -- Chapter 15. Impact with space objects -- Chapter 16. Population growth. Patrick L. Abbott. Includes bibliographical references and index. Natural disasters Natural Disasters Catastrophes naturelles natural disasters Natural disasters DISASTERS EARTHQUAKES VOLCANOES CLIMATE CHANGE FLOODS WEATHER HURRICANES FIRE (CLIMATOLOGY) POPULATIONS GB5014 .A2 0697374394 9780697374394 98023748 DLC 980428 20240930091715.0 ocm39060742 eng