Natural Hazards and Disasters, International Edition

Author:   Donald Hyndman (University of Montana) ,  David Hyndman (Michigan State University)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
ISBN:  

9780538737548


Pages:   592
Publication Date:   01 September 2010
Replaced By:   9781133598640
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Donald Hyndman (University of Montana) ,  David Hyndman (Michigan State University)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   Brooks/Cole
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   1.415kg
ISBN:  

9780538737548


ISBN 10:   0538737549
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   01 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781133598640
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

1. Natural Hazards and Disasters. 2. Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards. 3. Earthquakes and Their Causes. 4. Earthquake Prediction and Mitigation. 5. Tsunami. 6. Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions. 7. Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation. 8. Landslides and Other Downslope Movements. 9. Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils. 10. Climate Change and Weather Related to Hazards. 11. Streams and Flood Processes. 12. Floods and Human Interactions. 13. Waves, Beaches, and Coastal Erosion. 14. Hurricanes and Noreasters. 15. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes. 16. Wildfires. 17. Impact of Asteroids and Comets. 18. The Future: Where Do We Go from Here?

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Donald Hyndman is an emeritus professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Montana, where he has taught courses in natural hazards, regional geology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, volcanology, and advanced igneous petrology. He continues to lecture on natural hazards. Donald is co-originator and coauthor of six books in the Roadside Geology series and one on the geology of the Pacific Northwest, and he has also written a textbook on Igneous Petrology. His B.S. in Geological Engineering is from the University of British Columbia, and his Ph.D. in Geology is from the University of California Berkeley. He has received the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Distinguished Scholar Award, both given by the University of Montana. David Hyndman is Donald's son, and a young star in the geological sciences. He is a full professor at Michigan State University, after earning his PhD from Stanford University in 1995. In 2002 he received the Darcy Distinguished Lecturer award, the top award that a hydrogeologist may receive in his or her field. He has won several teaching awards at MSU as well, and is actively involved in the Interactive Studies 203 course at MSU, one of the largest enrollment earth sciences courses in the country.

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