4 edition of Natural disasters found in the catalog.
Published
2002
by McGraw-Hill in Boston
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Written in
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Statement | Patrick L. Abbott. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | GB5014 .A24 1999 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | x, 422 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 422 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL22463778M |
| ISBN 10 | 0072428651 |
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