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Cataclysms, a new geology for the twenty-first century, Michael R. Rampino

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Cataclysms, a new geology for the twenty-first century, Michael R. Rampino

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-199) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cataclysms

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

988171542

Responsibility statement

Michael R. Rampino

Sub title

a new geology for the twenty-first century

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Catastrophism versus gradualism -- Lyell's laws -- The Alvarez hypothesis -- Mass extinctions -- Kill curves and Strangelove oceans -- Catastrophism and natural selection : Charles Darwin versus Patrick Matthew -- Impacts and extinctions : do they match up? -- The great dying : the end-Permian extinctions -- Catastrophic volcanic eruptions and extinctions -- Ancient glaciers or impact-related deposits? -- The Shiva hypothesis : comet showers and the galactic carousel -- Geological upheavals and dark matter -- Epilogue : what does it all mean? : a new geology

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