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9780073292328
Natural Disasters
by Patrick Leon Abbott
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- Condition: Good
- Provider: GoTextbooks Contact
- Provider Rating: 74%
- Ships From: Little Rock, AR
- Shipping: Standard
- Comments: Used books are NOT guaranteed to contain components and/or supplements such as: Access Codes or working CD's/DVD's! Ships fast! Expedited shipping 1-3 business days; Standard shipping 7-14 business days. Ships from USA!
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- ISBN-13: 9780073292328
- ISBN: 007329232X
- Edition: 6
- Publication Date: 2007
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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SUMMARY
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.Patrick Leon Abbott is the author of 'Natural Disasters', published 2007 under ISBN 9780073292328 and ISBN 007329232X.
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