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020 _a9781260568776
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100 1 _aPatrick Leon Abbott
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aNatural Disasters, 11th Edition
_h[Libro Electrónico - McGraw-Hill]
250 _a11th edition
260 _aUnited Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland :
264 1 _aUnited Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland :
_bMcGraw-Hill Higher Education (International),
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
520 _aNatural Disasters, 11th edition focuses on explaining how the normal processes of Earth concentrate their energies and deal heavy blows to humans and their structures. Students have a natural curiosity about natural disasters and why they occur. This text explains why natural disasters occur by interweaving the themes of Energy sources, Plate tectonics, climate change, Earth Processes, geologic time, the complexities of multiple variables operating simultaneously throughout the text. Detailed and interesting Case histories are also intertwined with current content to give students a broad historical understanding of our dynamic and evolving planet.
650 4 _aScience/Earth Sciences/Seismology & Volcanism
650 4 _aNon-Classifiable
650 4 _aScience/Earth Sciences/Geology
856 4 0 _uhttps://bc.vitalsource.com/tenants/bibcent_ex/libraries?bookmeta_vbid=9781260568776
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