Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality
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Author | : Virgil L. Sharpton |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 1990 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780813722474 |
ISBN-13 | : 0813722470 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality by : Virgil L. Sharpton
Book excerpt: The conference was held in Snowbird, Utah, October 1988, as a sequel to the Conference on Large Body Impacts held in 1981, also in Snowbird. This volume contains 58 peer-reviewed papers, arranged into sections that cover the major themes of the conference: catastrophic impacts, volcanism, and mass mortality; geological signatures of impacts; environmental effects of impacts; patterns of mass mortality; volcanism and its effects; case histories of mass mortalities; and events and extinctions at the K/T boundary. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR