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A Geologic Time Scale 1989

By: Walter Brian Harland

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A concentrated review of the time scales used in geology in order to date stratigraphic sequences and to define geological epochs. It is the planned successor to "A Geologic Timescale" and adopts the same style and employs similar methods.

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278

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Cambridge University Press

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0521387655

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9780521387651

T. rex and the Crater of Doom

By: Walter Alvarez

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T. rex and the Crater of Doom

By: Walter Alvarez

Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished. This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. It is a saga of high adventure in remote locations, of arduous data collection and intellectual struggle, of long periods of frustration ended by sudden breakthroughs, of friendships made and lost, and of the exhilaration of discovery that forever altered our understanding of Earth's geological history.

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208

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Princeton University Press

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0691169667

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9780691169668

Guide to Reprints

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By: K G Saur Publishing,K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company,Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Guide to Reprints

Subject Guide

By: K G Saur Publishing,K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company,Walter de Gruyter GmbH

The established reference work Guide to Reprints has been radically reworked for this edition. Bibliographical data was substantially increased where information was obtainable. In addition, the user-friendliness of Guide to Reprints was raised to the high level of other K.G. Saur directories through author-title cross-references, a subject volume, a person index and a publisher index. In this edition, the directory lists more than 60,000 titles from more than 350 publishers.

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968

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Walter de Gruyter

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3598238991

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9783598238994

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A Geologic Time Scale 1989

A Geologic Time Scale 1989

T. rex and the Crater of Doom

T. rex and the Crater of Doom

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