00000cam a22000003a 4500 UP-1685594773861955011 Buklod 20140511192628.0 g||| | || || ta 140511s2014 xx d r |||| u| 9781259060304 (iLib)UPBAG-00013595949 GB 5014 A24 2014 Abbott, Patrick L. Natural disasters Patrick L. Abbott. 9th ed. New York McGraw-Hill c2014. xiv, 477 p. ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: energy flows -- Natural disasters and the human population -- Internal energy and plate tectonics -- Earthquake geology and seismology -- Plate tectonics and earthquakes -- Earthquakes throughout the United States and Canada -- Volcanic eruptions : plate tectonics and magmas -- Volcano case histories: killer events -- Tsunami versus wind-caused waves -- External energy fuels weather and climate -- Tornadoes, lightning, heat, and cold -- Hurricanes -- Climate change -- Floods -- Fire -- Mass movements -- Coastal processes and hazards -- Impacts with space objects -- Epilogue: mass extinctions Natural disasters. UPBAG KTRC GB 5014 A24 2014 Book