Natural Disasters |  | Author: Patrick Leon Abbott
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 278738
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Pages: 496
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0073040770
Dewey Decimal Number: 904
EAN: 9780073040776
ASIN: 0073040770
Publication Date: May 4, 2005
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Product Description
This book focuses on natural disasters: how the normal processes of the Earth concentrate their energies and deal heavy blows to humans and their structures. It is concerned with how the natural world operates and, in so doing, kills and maims humans and destroys their works. Throughout the book, certain themes are maintained: * energy sources underlying disasters * plate tectonics and climate change * earth processes operating in rock, water, and atmosphere * significance of geologic time * complexities of multiple variables operating simultaneously * detailed and readable case studies.
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 Thank you so much! November 7, 2009
Trish Rose (Springfield, Illinois)
The textbook arrived in a plastic wrap brand new and quickly. I would definitely buy from this seller again.
Fast and easy September 25, 2009
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I got the book in a little over a week, which I think is super fast since I waited until the very beginning of the semester, payment was very easy. The book was in great condition. Thanks!
Natural Disasters September 11, 2009
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Natural Disasters Book Purchase June 23, 2009
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 too much time on tectonics November 9, 2008
phocas (Gladstone, MO, USA)
This is not too bad of a book, but the author seems to be really struggling for content along the way. He spends entirely too much time droning on about plate tectonics and earthquakes, when he could have approached a broader range of topics. The title should probably be Geophysical Natural Disasters. There is no coverage of naturally occuring biological disasters at all. This is purely an overview of geomorphology.
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