Natural disasters /
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Dubuque, IA :
McGraw-Hill,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 7th ed. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008030804.html |
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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 US 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.