Catastrophes!
Subtitle: earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters
By: by Donald R. Prothero
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780801896927
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval; title: Tsunamis : the sea rises up; title: Volcanoes : the Earth's cauldron; title: Landslides : gravity always wins; title: Floods : raging waters; title: Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage; title: Tornadoes : funnels of disaster; title: Blizzard : white death; title: Ice ages : frozen planet; title: Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle?; title: Mass extinctions : when life nearly died; title: Can we survive nature and our own folly?