Natural Disasters - Couverture souple

ABBOTT

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0072528095 ISBN 13 : 9780072528091

Editeur : McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Abbott Patrick L

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0072528095
• ISBN 13: 9780072528091
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible