Natural Hazards and Disasters / Edition 3

by Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman

Overview

The father-son team of Donald Hyndman (geology, U. of Montana) and David Hyndman (geological sciences, Michigan State U.) present a college text for a one-term natural hazards course. Written to be clear and stimulating to undergraduate students, including nonscience majors, the text provides a basis for understanding important hazard- related processes and concepts. Illustrated throughout with b&w and color photographs, charts, and diagrams. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780538737524
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	08/27/2010
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1. Natural Hazards and Disasters. 2. Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards. 3. Earthquakes and Their Causes. 4. Earthquake Predictions, Forecasts, 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. Weather, Thunderstorms, and Tornadoes. 11. Climate Change: Processes and History 12. Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation 13. Streams and Flood Processes. 14. Floods and Human Interactions. 15. Waves, Beaches, and Coastal Erosion. 16. Hurricanes and Nor easters. 17. Wildfires. 18. Asteroids and Comet Impacts.