Screen LibraryWhen life nearly died : the greatest mass extinction of all time /
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| Published: |
Thames & Hudson,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Previous edition: 2003 |
| Carrier Form: | 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-341) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780500291931 (paperback) : 0500291934 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QE721 |
| CLC: | Q11 |
| Call Number: | Q11/B478 |
| Contents: | Geological timescale -- Antediluvian Sauria --Murchison names the Permian -- The death of catastrophism -- The concept that dared not speak its name -- Impact! -- Diversity, extinction and mass extinction -- Homing in on the event -- Life's biggest challenge -- A tale of two continents -- On the river Sakmara -- What caused the biggest catastrophe of all time? -- Recovery from the brink -- The sixth mass extinction? |