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Catastrophes! : Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-Shattering Disasters.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (357 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421401478
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Catastrophes!DDC classification:
  • 551
LOC classification:
  • QE506 .P76 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism -- 1 Earthquakes: The Earth in Upheaval -- 2 Tsunamis: The Sea Rises Up -- 3 Volcanoes: Hell's Cauldron -- 4 Landslides: Gravity Always Wins -- 5 Floods: Raging Waters -- 6 Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons: Nature on the Rampage -- 7 Tornadoes: Funnels of Death -- 8 Blizzards: White Death -- 9 Ice Ages: Frozen Planet -- 10 Greenhouse Planet: Too Hot to Handle? -- 11 Mass Extinctions: When Life Nearly Died -- 12 Can We Survive Nature-and Our Own Folly? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Eerie, fascinating, and often moving, these tales of geologic history and human fortitude and folly will stay with you long after you put the book down.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism -- 1 Earthquakes: The Earth in Upheaval -- 2 Tsunamis: The Sea Rises Up -- 3 Volcanoes: Hell's Cauldron -- 4 Landslides: Gravity Always Wins -- 5 Floods: Raging Waters -- 6 Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons: Nature on the Rampage -- 7 Tornadoes: Funnels of Death -- 8 Blizzards: White Death -- 9 Ice Ages: Frozen Planet -- 10 Greenhouse Planet: Too Hot to Handle? -- 11 Mass Extinctions: When Life Nearly Died -- 12 Can We Survive Nature-and Our Own Folly? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Eerie, fascinating, and often moving, these tales of geologic history and human fortitude and folly will stay with you long after you put the book down.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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