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050			_aGB5014.A24
100			_aAbbott Patrick L.
245			_aNatural disasters / _cPatrick L. Abbott
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aBoston: _bMcGraw-Hill, _cc2006.
300			_axvii,496p.: _billus _c28cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aContents: 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.
650			_aNatural disasters
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