Earthquakes and volcanoes

Título
Earthquakes and volcanoes

Fiona, Watt

Resumen
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are some of the world's most spectacular natural phenomena, and it can take only a few seconds for these disturbances to drastically alter the Earth's surface.-- This book explores the Earth's structure,explains how and why earthquakes and volcanoes occur, describes different types of these eruptions, as well as taking a close look at the wide-ranging, often devasting effects.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
1994
 
1993

Usborne understanding geography.

Descripción física
32 p. : (sftcv) ill. col. ; 27.5 cm.

Edición
First published in America, March 1994.

Nota general
Includes index, p. 32.

Información del programa
Suitable also for group or pairs study projects. High interest; moderately complex vocabulary,

Término de la materia
Earthquakes -- study and teaching -- (Book).
 
Volcanoes -- Study and teaching -- (Book).
 
Geography -- Natural disasters -- Study and teaching -- Pictorial works.
 
Disasters, Natural -- (Book).
 
Earthquakes.
 
Volcanoes.

Autor añadido
Penny, Linda,
 
Gower, Jeremy,
 
Shields, Chris,
 
Rose, Susanna van,
 
Stockley, Corinne,
 
Brooks, Felicity, ed.
 
Watt, Fiona.

Síntesis
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are some of the world's most spectacular natural phenomena, and it can take only a few seconds for these disturbances to drastically alter the Earth's surface.-- This book explores the Earth's structure,explains how and why earthquakes and volcanoes occur, describes different types of these eruptions, as well as taking a close look at the wide-ranging, often devasting effects.

ISBN
9780746009840

Información de publicación
London (Eng): Usborne Publishing Ltd., (c)1994.


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