This highly illustrated series examines, at introductory and general readership level, the world of geology. The volumes cover everything from the basic building blocks of geological study, fossils and minerals, to the complex workings of plate tectonics. This volume examines the causes and effects of natural cataclysms that befall the Earth. Each chapter deals with a specific type of event, including earthquakes, volcanoes, dust storms, glaciers and mass extinction.
- ISBN10 0816029490
- ISBN13 9780816029495
- Publish Date 1 June 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 November 2001
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Facts On File Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English