Catastrophes! earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters

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

Author/creator	Prothero, Donald R.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Description	329 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
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Subject(s)	Catastrophes (Geology)

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?
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010019631
ISBN	9780801896927 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0801896924 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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