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" Quakes, eruptions, and other geologic cataclysms : "
Jon Erickson ; foreword by Alexander E. Gates.
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BL
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1017684
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b772054
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| Main Entry
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Erickson, Jon,1948-
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Quakes, eruptions, and other geologic cataclysms : : revealing the earth's hazards /\ Jon Erickson ; foreword by Alexander E. Gates.
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Rev. ed.
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New York :: Facts On File,, ©2001.
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| Series Statement
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The living earth
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x, 310 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm.
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081604516X
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: 0816049041
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: 9780816045167
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: 9780816049042
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-294) and index.
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| Contents
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The dynamic Earth: plate tectonic activity -- Earthquakes: the shaking of the ground -- Volcanic eruptions: the venting of the Earth -- Earth movements: the failure of slope materials -- Catastrophic collapse: the sinking of the land -- Floods: river overflows -- Dust storms: sand in motion -- Glaciers: ice on the run -- Impact cratering: cosmic invasion of the Earth -- Mass extinctions: the loss of life.
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Covers earthquakes, floods, dust storms, meteor showers, volcanoes, landslides, glaciation, and mass extinctions.
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Natural disasters.
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Geology.
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Geophysics.
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Natural disasters.
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Natural disasters.
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550
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GB5014.E75 2001
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