MAP20070023777Abbott, Patrick L.Natural disasters / Patrick L. Abbot. — Dubuque, IA [etc.] : Wm. C. Brown, cop. 1996IX, 438 p. : il. ; 26 cmSumario: Energy sources of disasters -- Plate tectonics -- Basic principles of earthquake geology and seismology -- Earthquakes and plate tectonics -- Earthquakes in Western North America -- Earthquakes in the rest of North America -- Volcanism -- Mass movements -- Climate change -- Severe weather -- Floods -- Ocean waves -- Fire -- The great dyings -- Impacts with space objects -- Population growth