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020			_a9781260566048
040			_cPK-LaUMT
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100	1		_aAbbott, Patrick L. _912187
245	1	0	_aNatural disasters / _cPatrick L. Abbott
250			_a11th ed.
260			_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hill Education, _c2020
300			_a511 p.
500			_aIndex present
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
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