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Natural Disasters

Natural DisastersAuthor: Patrick Leon Abbott
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Buy New: $97.91
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 11 reviews
Sales Rank: 194437

Media: Paperback
Edition: 7
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 1

ISBN: 0073376698
Dewey Decimal Number: 904.5
EAN: 9780073376691
ASIN: 0073376698

Publication Date: December 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Product Description
Natural Disasters, 7th edition, focuses on 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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    5 out of 5 stars 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.


    5 out of 5 stars Fast and easy   September 25, 2009
    M. Jones
    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!


    5 out of 5 stars Natural Disasters   September 11, 2009
    Sara J. Kammerdiener
    this seller was very fast on shipping and the book was in excellent condition. thank you so much!


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    Received the book much faster than I expected.
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    I couldn't ask for anything more!



    3 out of 5 stars 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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