Catastrophes!
Prothero, Donald R.
Catastrophes! earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters / [electronic resource] : Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Pat Linse. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (329 p., 16 p. of plates :) ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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?
9781421401478 1421401479
Catastrophes (Geology)
Electronic books.
QE506 / .P76 2011
551
Catastrophes! earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters / [electronic resource] : Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Pat Linse. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (329 p., 16 p. of plates :) ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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?
9781421401478 1421401479
Catastrophes (Geology)
Electronic books.
QE506 / .P76 2011
551