LEADER 00000cam a2200385Ia 4500 001 ocm61914217 005 20060510113632.0 008 040804r20052004enkab b 001 0 eng d 020 0192806688|qpaperback 035 (OCoLC)ocm61914217 035 403085 040 Z@2|beng|cZ@2|dZ@2|dRID 049 RIDM 050 14 QE721.2.E97|bH345 2005 090 QE721.2.E97 H345 2005 100 1 Hallam, A.|q(Anthony),|d1933-|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n50018683 245 10 Catastrophes and lesser calamities :|bthe causes of mass extinctions /|cTony Hallam. 264 1 Oxford ;|aNew York :|bOxford University Press,|c2005. 300 xiii, 226 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c20 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 Originally published: 2004. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index. 505 0 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. 650 0 Extinction (Biology)|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85046568 650 0 Catastrophes (Geology)|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85020954 650 7 Extinction (Biology)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 918969 650 7 Catastrophes (Geology)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /848915 901 MARCIVE 20231220 935 403085 994 C0|bRID
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