Abbott P. Natural Disasters

10th Edition. — McGraw-Hill, 2017. — 550 p. — ISBN: 978-0-07-802298-2.This book, 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.Prologue: Energy Flows
Natural Disasters and the Human Population
Internal Energy and Plate Tectonics
Earthquake Geology and Seismology
Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
Earthquakes Throughout the United States and Canada
Volcanic Eruptions: Plate Tectonics and Magmas
Volcano Case Histories: Killer Events
Tsunami Versus Wind-Caused Waves
External Energy Fuels Weather and Climate
Tornadoes, Lightning, Heat, and Cold
Hurricanes
Climate Change
Floods
Fire
Mass Movements
Coastal Processes and Hazards
Impacts with Space Objects
The Great Dying (Online; appended)
Epilogue: Mass Extinctions