| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Extinction (Biology)
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Extinction (Biology) |
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Catastrophes (Geology)
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Catastrophes (Geology) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hallam, A. (Anthony), 1933- Catastrophes and lesser calamities. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0192806688 (OCoLC)61914217 |
| ISBN |
9780191523441 (electronic book) |
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0191523445 (electronic book) |
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9780192806680 |
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0192806688 (paperback) |
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0198524978 |
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9780198524977 |
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