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- Title Pages
- Preface
- 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
- Index
Preface
Preface
- Source:
- Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities
- Author(s):
Tony Hallam
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- 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
- Index
