Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbott
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TextPublisher: Boston: McGraw-Hill, c2006Edition: 5th edDescription: xvii,496p.: illus 28cmISBN: 0073040770Subject(s): Natural disastersLOC classification: GB5014.A24| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY General Stacks | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | GB5014.A24 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 490/11 | |
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Includes index.
Contents: Natural disasters and the human population -- Energy flows in earth history and natural disasters -- Plate tectonics and earthquakes -- Basic principles of earthquake geology, seismology, and 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.
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