The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History

The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History
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Publisher : Geological Society of America
Total Pages : 586
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ISBN-10 : 0813723078
ISBN-13 : 9780813723075
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Download or read book The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History written by Graham Ryder and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume atempts to explore and clarify the relationship among the geological records, the extinctions, and the causes of catastrophes for life in Earth's history. Most of the papers address the geological record and the extinctions across the Cretaceou-Teriary boundary, and the buried Chicxulub structure that is now consensually deemed to be of impact origin and to be intimately related to that boundary." (GSA website).


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