TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abbott Patrick L.
TI  - Natural disasters
SN  - 0073040770
AV  - GB5014.A24 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Natural disasters
N1  - 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
ER  -