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Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities : the causes of mass extinctions.
Renowned geologist Tony Hallam takes us on a tour of the Earth's history, and of the cataclysmic events, as well as the more gradual extinctions, that have punctuated life on Earth throughout the past 500 million years.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of illustrations; 1 In search of possible causes of mass extinctions; 2 Historical background; 3 Evidence for catastrophic organic changes in the geological record; 4 Impact by comets and asteroids; 5 Sea-level changes; 6 Oxygen deficiency in the oceans; 7 Climate change; 8 Volcanic activity; 9 Pulling the strands together; 10 The evolutionary significance of mass extinctions; 11 The influence of humans; Notes and suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Z; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L.
- MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.