The end of the dinosaurs : Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions / Charles Frankel.
The end of the dinosaurs : Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions / Charles Frankel.
The end of the dinosaurs : Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions / Charles Frankel.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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Date
1999.
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T0390180
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English
French
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Physical content
xii, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The great mass extinctions -- 2. The impact hypothesis -- 3. The controversy -- 4. In search of the crater -- 5. The discovery of Chicxulub crater -- 6. Scenario of a catastrophe -- 7. Impacts and other extinctions -- 8. The impact hazard.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"The End of the Dinosaurs gives a detailed account of the great mass extinction that rocked the Earth 65 million years ago, and focuses on the discovery of the culprit: the Chicxulub impact crater in Mexico. It recounts the birth of the cosmic hypothesis, the controversy that preceded its acceptance, the search for the crater, its discovery and ong...
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The end of the dinosaurs : Chicxulub crater and mass extinctions / Charles Frankel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N551.397/5.
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Translated from the French.
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T0390180
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74VvWjK0WAlM
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0521474477 :
9780521474474 (hardbound)
0521474477 (hardbound)
9780521474474 :
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551.397
MMS ID
991012077229702626
