Natural Disasters

Author: Patrick Leon Abbott (Author)

Edition: 10th

Language: English

Publisher: McGraw Hill

Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.8 x 10.8 inches

ISBN-10: 9780078022982

ISBN-13: 978-0078022982

Publish Date: January 19, 2016

Print Length: 528 pages

Description: This ISBN: 9780078022982 is a student textbook only. It will not come with code. code sold separately at ISBN: 9781259684692 Natural Disasters, 10th 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.