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Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2003
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- Title
- Natural Disasters w/bind in OLC card
- Author
- Abbott, Patrick Leon
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0072921986
- ISBN 13
- 9780072921984
- Edition
- 4th Edition
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.
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About the Author
Pat Abbott is a professor at San Diego State University
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