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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Prothero, Donald R., author.
Contributor:
Linse, Pat, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Catastrophes (Geology).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (357 p.)
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Language Note:
English
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?
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-4214-0147-9
OCLC:
798295697

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