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92004710
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0679916857
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9780751605006
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075160500X
school ed.
(OCoLC)25409267
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Van Rose, Susanna.
Volcano & earthquake /
written by Susanna van Rose ; [special photography, James Stevenson].
1st American ed.
New York :
Knopf,
1992.
61 pages :
illustrations (some color) ;
29 cm.
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Eyewitness books
"A Dorling Kindersley book"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
An unstable Earth -- Fire from below -- The world on a plate -- When a mountain explodes -- Ash and dust -- Fiery rocks -- Gas and lightning -- Hot spots -- Sea floor spreading -- The great eruption of Vesuvius -- A modern Pompeii: St. Pierre -- Affecting the world's weather -- Steam vents and boiling mud -- Sleeping beauties -- Life returns to the lava -- Being a volcanologist -- Volcanoes on other planets -- When the earth moves -- Intensity and magnitude -- Waves of destruction -- Measuring earthquake waves -- Mud, flood, and avalanche -- State of emergency -- Preparing for disaster -- Anger of the gods.
Photographs and text explain the causes and effects of volcanoes and earthquakes and examine specific occurrences throughout history.
Volcanoes
Juvenile literature.
Volcanoes.
Earthquakes
Juvenile literature.
Earthquakes.
Juvenile works.
Stevenson, James,
1952-,
illustrator.
Eyewitness books.
https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/92004710.html
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