Earthquakes and volcanoes

Titre
Earthquakes and volcanoes

Fiona, Watt

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
1994
 
1993

Usborne understanding geography.

Description matérielle
32 p. : (sftcv) ill. col. ; 27.5 cm.

Edition
First published in America, March 1994.

Note générale
Includes index, p. 32.

Informations sur le programme
Suitable also for group or pairs study projects. High interest; moderately complex vocabulary,

Terme de vedette-matière
Earthquakes -- study and teaching -- (Book).
 
Volcanoes -- Study and teaching -- (Book).
 
Geography -- Natural disasters -- Study and teaching -- Pictorial works.
 
Disasters, Natural -- (Book).
 
Earthquakes.
 
Volcanoes.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Penny, Linda,
 
Gower, Jeremy,
 
Shields, Chris,
 
Rose, Susanna van,
 
Stockley, Corinne,
 
Brooks, Felicity, ed.
 
Watt, Fiona.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780746009840

Informations de publication
London (Eng): Usborne Publishing Ltd., (c)1994.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Hardisty551.2 WATBook30512000153591Non-Fiction