Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters / Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Pat Linse.

By: Prothero, Donald R [author.]Contributor(s): Linse, Pat [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781421401478Subject(s): Catastrophes (Geology)Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters.DDC classification: 551 LOC classification: QE506 | .P76 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval -- Tsunamis : the sea rises up -- Volcanoes : the Earth's cauldron -- Landslides : gravity always wins -- Floods : raging waters -- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage -- Tornadoes : funnels of disaster -- Blizzard : white death -- Ice ages : frozen planet -- Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle? -- Mass extinctions : when life nearly died -- Can we survive nature and our own folly?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval -- Tsunamis : the sea rises up -- Volcanoes : the Earth's cauldron -- Landslides : gravity always wins -- Floods : raging waters -- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage -- Tornadoes : funnels of disaster -- Blizzard : white death -- Ice ages : frozen planet -- Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle? -- Mass extinctions : when life nearly died -- Can we survive nature and our own folly?

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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