Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes

ISBN-13: 9781138352216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 642 str.

Duane E. DeVecchio

Spis treści

1 Introduction to Natural Hazards 2 Internal Structure of Earth and Plate Tectonics 3 Earthquakes 4 Tsunamis 5 Volcanoes 6 Flooding 7 Mass Wasting 8 Subsidence and Soils 9 Atmospheric Processes and Severe Weather 10 Hurricanes and Extratropical Cyclones 11 Coastal Hazards 12 Climate and Climate Change 13 Wildfires 14 Impacts and Extinctions

O autorze

Edward A. Keller is a professor in the Environmental Studies and Earth Sciences Departments at University of California at Santa Barbara, USA. Duane E. DeVecchio is a research professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) at Arizona State University, USA.