Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters /
Prothero, Donald R.
Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters / Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Pat Linse. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 329 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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?
9780801896927 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801896924 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010019631
Catastrophes (Geology)
QE506 / .P76 2011
551
Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters / Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Pat Linse. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 329 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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?
9780801896927 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801896924 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010019631
Catastrophes (Geology)
QE506 / .P76 2011
551