01019nam a22001577a 4500008004100000020001500041050001500056100002200071245004300093250001200136260003400148300003000182500002000212505060700232650002200839111027t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0073040770  aGB5014.A24  aAbbott Patrick L.  aNatural disasters /cPatrick L. Abbott  a5th ed.  aBoston:bMcGraw-Hill,cc2006.  axvii,496p.:billusc28cm.  aIncludes index.  aContents: Natural disasters and the human population -- Energy flows in earth history and natural disasters -- Plate tectonics and earthquakes -- Basic principles of earthquake geology, seismology, and tsunami -- Some earthquakes in Western North America -- More U.S. and Canadian earthquakes -- Volcanic eruptions: plate tectonics and magmas -- Volcano case histories: Killer events -- Mass movements -- Atmosphere, oceans, and long-term climate change -- Short-term climate change and severe weather -- Hurricanes and the coastline -- Floods -- Fire -- The Great dyings -- Impacts with space objects.  aNatural disasters