Cataclysms, a new geology for the twenty-first century, Michael R. Rampino
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Cataclysms, a new geology for the twenty-first century, Michael R. Rampino
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-199) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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Cataclysms
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bibliography
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965805951
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Michael R. Rampino
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a new geology for the twenty-first century
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Gradualism versus catastrophism -- Lyell's laws -- The Alvarez hypothesis -- Mass extinctions -- Kill curves and strangelove oceans -- Catastrophism and natural selection -- Impacts and extinctions : do they match up? -- The great dying : the end-Permian extinction -- Catastrophic volcanic eruptions and extinctions -- Ancient glaciers and impact deposits -- The Shiva hypothesis : comet showers and the galactic carrousel -- Geological upheavals and dark matter -- Epilogue : what does it all mean? : a new geology
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