Publisher's Synopsis
This book provides a remarkable account of our planet's structure and the literally Earth-shattering processes that shape it - often with savage consequences for human beings and other living things. Lavishly and spectacularly illustrated with many unusual views of the Earth and its features DK Guide to Savage Earth offers a comprehensive approach to understanding the making and shaping of planet Earth. No stone is left unturned as the Earth's physical processes are clearly explained from the churning currents of molten rock inside the Earth that smash continents together and pull oceans apart to the relentless action of turbulent volcanoes rivers of ice and seismic shakes.
