earth's processes as hazards, disasters, and catastrophes /
Edward A. Keller, University of California, Santa Barbara, Duane E. DeVecchio, University of California, Santa Barbara ; with assistance from Robert H. Blodgett.
Fourth edition.
Boston :
Pearson,
[2015]
xx, 554 pages :
illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;
28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-531) and index.
Introduction to natural hazards -- Internal structure of Earth and plate tectonics -- Earthquakes -- Tsunamis -- Volcanoes -- Flooding -- Mass wasting -- Subsidence and soils -- Atmospeheric processes and severe weather -- Hurricanes and extratropical cyclones -- Coastal hazards -- Climate and climate change -- Wildfires -- Impacts and extinctions.