Natural Disasters - Brossura

Abbott, Patrick Leon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0073369373 ISBN 13: 9780073369372

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Riassunto

Natural Disasters, 8th edition, is marked by major changes in organization and expanded coverage of weather and climate. The discussion of natural disasters is based on 4 main energy flows: 1) Earth's internal energy flow underlies earthquakes and volcanoes, 2) the external energy flow from the Sun fuels weather and climate including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, 3) gravity acts to pull down mass movements of earth and snow, and 4) impacts with asteroids and comets can have major effects on life. The book focuses on the Earth's natural processes and the disasters that occur when the Earth concentrates its energy and releases it to causing death and destruction. 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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Pat Abbott is a professor at San Diego State University

Contenuti:

PrologueEnergy Flows

1Natural Disasters and the Human Population

2Internal Energy and Plate Tectonics

3Earthquake Geology and Seismology

4Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

5Earthquake Lessons and Regional Settings

6Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas

7Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events

8Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves

9External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate

10Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold

11Hurricanes

12Climate Change

13Floods

14Fire

15Mass Movements

16 Impacts with Space Objects

Epilogue

Glossary

Credits

Index

Available electronically: 7th edition's chapter on "The Great Dyings"

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0073369373
• ISBN 13: 9780073369372
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 469