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