Rivers in time : the search for clues to earth's mass extinctions / Peter D. Ward.
Rivers in time : the search for clues to earth's mass extinctions / Peter D. Ward.
Rivers in time : the search for clues to earth's mass extinctions / Peter D. Ward.
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New York : Columbia University Press, c2000.
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N576.84/6
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English
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viii, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The Permian/Triassic Event -- 1. The Cape -- 2. The Great Karoo -- 3. End of an Era -- Pt. II. The Triassic/Jurassic Event -- 4. Dawn of the Mesozoic -- 5. Haida Gwai -- Pt. III. The Cretaceous/Tertiary Mass Event -- 6. The Age of Dinosaurs -- 7. Death of the Dinosaurs -- Pt. IV. The Modern M...
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New York : Columbia University Press, c2000.
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Updated and rev. ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2000.
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"Several times in the distant past, catastrophic extinctions have swept the Earth, causing more than half of all species - from single-celled organisms to awe-inspiring behemoths - to suddenly vanish and be replaced by new life forms. Today the rich diversity of life on the Earth is again in grave danger - and the cause is not a sudden cataclysmic...
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Rivers in time : the search for clues to earth's mass extinctions / Peter D. Ward.
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Rev. ed. of: New York : Bantam Books, 1994. End of evolution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-304) and index.
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c2000.
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N576.84/6
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74VvArpqq5OM
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9780231118620 (alk. paper)
0231118627 (alk. paper)
9780221118630 (pbk.)
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576.84
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991013585109702626
