Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 262 g
The Causes of Mass Extinctions
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 262 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-280668-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford
have become extinct.
What caused these catastrophes? Was it the effects of a massive meteorite impact? There is evidence for such an impact about 65 million years ago. Or was it a period of massive volcanic activity? There is evidence in the rocks of huge lava flows at periods that match several of the mass extinctions. Was it something to do with climate change and sea level? Or was it a combination of some or all of these?
The question has been haunting geologists for a number of years, and it forms one of the most exciting areas of research in geology today. In this book, Tony Hallam, a distinguished geologist and writer, looks at all the different theories and also what the study of mass extinctions might tell us about the future. If climate change is a key factor, we may well, as some scientists have suggested, be in a period of mass extinction of our own making.
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- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Soziobiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie