Catastrophes and lesser calamities : the causes of mass extinctions /

"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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hallam, A. (Anthony), 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Mass extinctions.
Extinction (Biology)
Catastrophes (Geology)
Extinction, Biological
Extinction (Biologie)
Catastrophes (Géologie)
Extinctions massives.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Massenaussterben
Paleozoölogie.
Uitgestorven soorten.
Natuurrampen.
Catastrofetheorie (geologie)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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