Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters /
Prothero, Donald R.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-313) and index.
Prologue : catastrophism and uniformitarianism -- Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval -- Tsunamis : the sea rises up -- Volcanoes : hell's cauldron -- Landslides : gravity always wins -- Floods : raging waters -- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage -- Tornadoes : funnels of death -- Blizzards : 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?
Natural disasters.
Catastrophes (Geology)