Perilous Planet Earth

Release on 2003-06-12 | by Trevor Palmer

Perilous Planet Earth Catastrophes and Catastrophism through the Ages Perilous Planet Earth places our present concern about the threat to Earth from asteroids and comets within an historical context , looking at the evidence for past ...

Perilous Planet Earth
  • Author: Trevor Palmer
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 0521819288
  • Category: Science
  • Page: 522
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Perilous Planet Earth

A readable account of the history of natural disasters throughout history.

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