Natural Disasters
ISBN: 9780073369372 | 0073369373
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Pub. Date: 1/31/2011
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Natural Disasters, 8th edition, is marked by major changes in organization and expanded coverage of weather and climate. The discussion of natural disasters is based on 4 main energy flows: 1) Earth's internal energy flow underlies earthquakes and volcanoes, 2) the external energy flow from the Sun fuels weather and climate including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, 3) gravity acts to pull down mass movements of earth and snow, and 4) impacts with asteroids and comets can have major effects on life. The book focuses on the Earth's natu... MORE
Prologue Energy Flows1 Natural Disasters and the Human Population
1 Natural Disasters and the Human Population2 Internal Energy and Plate Tectonics3 Earthquake Geology and Seismology4 Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes5 Earthquake Lessons and Regional Settings6 Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas7 Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events8 Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves9 External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate10 Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold11 Hurricanes12 Climate Change13 Floods14 Fire15 Mass Movements16 Impa... MORE
3 Earthquake Geology and Seismology4 Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes5 Earthquake Lessons and Regional Settings6 Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas7 Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events8 Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves9 External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate10 Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold11 Hurricanes12 Climate Change13 Floods14 Fire15 Mass Movements16 Impa... MORE
5 Earthquake Lessons and Regional Settings6 Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas7 Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events8 Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves9 External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate10 Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold11 Hurricanes12 Climate Change13 Floods14 Fire15 Mass Movements16 Impa... MORE
7 Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events8 Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves9 External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate10 Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold11 Hurricanes12 Climate Change13 Floods14 Fire15 Mass Movements16 Impa... MORE
9 External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate10 Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold11 Hurricanes12 Climate Change13 Floods14 Fire15 Mass Movements16 Impa... MORE
11 Hurricanes12 Climate Change13 Floods14 Fire15 Mass Movements16 Impa... MORE
13 Floods14 Fire15 Mass Movements16 Impa... MORE
15 Mass Movements16 Impa... MORE
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