- Description
- 1 online resource (329 p., 16 p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
- Uniform Title
- Catastrophes! (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Catastrophes! (Online)
- Subject
- Catastrophes (Geology)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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?
- LCCN
- 2010019631
- OCLC
- ssj0000606245
- Author
Prothero, Donald R.
- Title
Catastrophes! [electronic resource] : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters / Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Pat Linse.
- Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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