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Catastrophes and lesser calamities : the causes of mass extinctions / Tony Hallam

Author
Hallam, A. (Anthony), 1933-
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Language Note
English.
Contents
In search of possible causes of mass extinctions -- Historical background -- Evidence for catastrophic organic changes in the geological record -- Impact by comets and asteroids -- Sea-level changes -- Oxygen deficiency in the oceans -- Climate change -- Volcanic activity -- Pulling the strands together -- The evolutionary significance of mass extinctions -- The influence of humans.
Summary
"In Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities, geologist Tony Hallam takes us on a tour of the Earth's history, and of the cataclysmic events and more gradual extinctions that have punctuated life on Earth during the past 500 million years"--Jacket.
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ISBN
9780191523441 electronic book
0191523445 electronic book
9780191513091 electronic book
0191513091 electronic book
9781429421164 electronic book
1429421169 electronic book
9780192806680 paperback
0192806688 paperback
9780198524977 hardcover
0198524978 hardcover
1280762942
9781280762949
Note
Originally published: 2004.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index.
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