Catastrophes! : : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters / / Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Pat Linse.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (357 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Table of 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?