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The planet in a pebble : a journey into Earth’s deep history by Call Number: Anschutz Library QE28.3 .Z35 2010ISBN: 9780199569700xiv, 234 p., 4 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Table of Contents: Stardust; From the depths of the earth; Distant lands; To the rendezvous; The sea; Ghosts observed; Ghosts in absentia; Where on earth?; Gold!; The oil window; Making mountains; Breaking the surface; Futures.
Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters by Call Number: Anschutz Library QE506 .P76 2011ISBN: 9780801896927Description: 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Table of Contents:
Prologue : catastrophism and uniformitarianism ; Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval ; Tsunamis : the sea rises up ; Volcanoes : hell’s cauldron ; Landslides : gravity always wins ; Floods : raging waters ; Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage ; Tornadoes : funnels of death ; Blizzards : white death ; Ice ages : frozen planet ; Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle? ; Mass extinctions : when life nearly died ; Can we survive nature and our own folly?
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