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NULRC |
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20250520100549.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
72921986 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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NULRC |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
GB 5014 .A23 2004 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Abbott, Patrick L. |
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author |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Natural disasters / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Patrick L. Abbott |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Fourth edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
[Boston] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
McGraw Hill Education, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xiv, 460 pages : |
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color illustrations, color maps ; |
| Dimensions |
28 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Chapter 1. Natural Disasters and their Energy Sources -- Chapter 2. Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes -- Chapter 3. Basic Principles of Earthquake Geology, Seismology, and Tsunami -- Chapter 4. Some Earthquakes in Western North America -- Chapter 5. More United States and Canadian Earthquakes -- Chapter 6. Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas -- Chapter 7. Volcanic Eruptions Continue -- Chapter 8. Mass Movements -- Chapter 9. Climate Change -- Chapter 10. Severe Weather -- Chapter 11. Hurricanes and the Coastline -- Chapter 12. Floods -- Chapter 13. Fire -- Chapter 14. The Great Dyings -- Chapter 15. Impacts with Space Objects -- Chapter 16. Population Growth. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"Why Study Natural Disasters? Natural disasters occur every day and affect the lives of millions of people each year. Many students have been affected by earthquakes or tornadoes or hurricanes or floods or landslides or wildfires or other events. They are interested in lectures that explain these processes, and lively discussions commonly ensue. During decades of teaching courses at San Diego State University, I found that students have an innate curiosity about "death and destruction"; they want to know why natural disasters occur. Initiation of a Natural Disasters course led to skyrocketing enrollments that exceeded 5,000 students per year. Some of these experiences are described in a Journal of Geoscience Education article by Pat Abbott and Ernie Zebrowksi [v 46 (1998), pp. 471-75]. Themes and Approach This textbook focuses on explaining how the normal processes of the Earth concentrate their energies and deal heavy blows to humans and their structures. The following themes are interwoven throughout the book: Energy sources underlying disasters, Plate tectonics, Climate change, Earth processes operating in rock, water, and atmosphere, Significance of geologic time, Complexities of multiple variables operating simultaneously, Detailed and interesting case histories New to This Edition. Many of the Tables and Figures have been updated and more than 50 new ones have been added. Chapter 1: Extensive updating of all disaster and demographic data. Chapter 2: New maps of earthquake epicenters and ocean-floor ages. Expanded coverage of plumes versus hot spots"-- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
NATURAL DISASTER |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Library of Congress Classification |
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Books |
