Quakes, Eruptions and Other Geologic Cataclysms: Revealing the Earth's Hazards (Living Earth) - Softcover

Erickson, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816049041 ISBN 13: 9780816049042

Publisher: Facts On File Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Throughout history, awesome floods, devastating earthquakes, disastrous volcanoes and other catastrophic activities have demonstrated nature's inexplicable power. This title provides coverage of the processes that produce natural catastrophes. An introductory chapter details the dynamic forces at work beneath the Earth's crust, while the subsequent nine chapters - each dedicated to a single type of disaster - explain causes and myriad effects of these disturbances, enhanced with numerous examples. Photographs and line drawings depict the carnage wrought by these natural disasters, as well as what is happpening to the Earth's surface while they occur. Chapters include coverage of: earthquakes; volcanic eruptions; earth movements; catastrophic collapse; floods; dust storms; glaciers; impact cratering; and mass extinctions.

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Review

An excellent geological resource. - School Library Journal ""Erickson masterfully...intrigue[s] the reader with...thorough accounts of earthquakes, volcanoes, and tidal waves..."" - Booklist ""[a] straightforward, informative, concise, and simple style...Introductory science and environmental students as well as general readers will benefit most from this book...A work of wide appeal."" - CHOICE

About this edition

• Publisher: Facts On File Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0816049041
• ISBN 13: 9780816049042
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320