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- catalog abstract ""Several times in the distant past, catastrophic extinctions have swept the Earth, causing more than half of all species - from single-celled organisms to awe-inspiring behemoths - to suddenly vanish and be replaced by new life forms. Today the rich diversity of life on the Earth is again in grave danger - and the cause is not a sudden cataclysmic event but rather humankind's devastation of the environment. Is life on our planet teetering on the brink of another mass extinction? In this new book, acclaimed paleontologist Peter D. Ward answers this daunting question with a resounding yes"--Book jkt.".
- catalog contributor b11957463.
- catalog contributor b11957464.
- catalog contributor b11957465.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Several times in the distant past, catastrophic extinctions have swept the Earth, causing more than half of all species - from single-celled organisms to awe-inspiring behemoths - to suddenly vanish and be replaced by new life forms. Today the rich diversity of life on the Earth is again in grave danger - and the cause is not a sudden cataclysmic event but rather humankind's devastation of the environment. Is life on our planet teetering on the brink of another mass extinction? In this new book, acclaimed paleontologist Peter D. Ward answers this daunting question with a resounding yes"--Book jkt.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical notes and bibliography (p. [293]-304) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. The Permian/Triassic event -- The Cape -- The Great Karoo -- End of an era -- pt. 2. The Triassic/Jurassic event -- Dawn of the Mesozoic -- Haida Gwai -- pt. 3. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass event -- The age of dinosaurs -- Death of the dinosaurs -- pt. 4. The modern mass extinction -- Autumn -- Winter -- Overkill -- Lost islands -- Numbers -- The end of evolution, the future of evolution.".
- catalog extent "viii, 315 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0231118627 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog subject "576.8/4 21".
- catalog subject "Biodiversity.".
- catalog subject "Catastrophes (Geology)".
- catalog subject "Extinction (Biology)".
- catalog subject "Mass extinctions.".
- catalog subject "QE721.2.E97 W38 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. The Permian/Triassic event -- The Cape -- The Great Karoo -- End of an era -- pt. 2. The Triassic/Jurassic event -- Dawn of the Mesozoic -- Haida Gwai -- pt. 3. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass event -- The age of dinosaurs -- Death of the dinosaurs -- pt. 4. The modern mass extinction -- Autumn -- Winter -- Overkill -- Lost islands -- Numbers -- The end of evolution, the future of evolution.".
- catalog title "Rivers in time : the search for clues to earth's mass extinctions / Peter D. Ward.".
- catalog type "text".