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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463630003321

Autore

Prothero Donald R.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-4214-0147-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Disciplina

551

Soggetti

Catastrophes (Geology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?