Natural Disasters - Softcover

Abbott, Patrick L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073376698 ISBN 13: 9780073376691

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Science Engineering, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Pat Abbott is a professor at San Diego State University

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0073376698
• ISBN 13: 9780073376691
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 526
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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