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Catastrophes and lesser calamities : the causes of mass extinctions / Tony Hallam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hallam, A. (Anthony), 1933- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catastrophes (Geology).
- Extinction (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Geologist Tony Hallam takes readers on a tour of the Earth's history, and of the cataclysmic events, as well as the more gradual extinctions, that have punctuated life on Earth throughout the past 500 million years.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191916434
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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