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Author Prothero, Donald R., author.

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

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Catastrophes (Geology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Linse, Pat, illustrator.
Other Form: Print version: Prothero, Donald R. Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 329 pages, 16 pages of plates ; 24 cm 9780801896927
ISBN 9780801896927 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801896924 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421401478 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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