Gorgon : paleontology, obsession, and the greatest catastrophe in earth's history

Gorgon : paleontology, obsession, and the greatest catastrophe in earth's history / Peter D. Ward.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2004.
Subjects:
Catastrophes (Geology)
Geology, Stratigraphic > Permian.
Geology, Structural > South Africa > Karoo.
Table of Contents:
  • Arriving
  • Bones in the Karoo
  • Gradual or sudden?
  • Land and sea
  • Karoo magnetics
  • A change of rivers
  • The stone house at Tussen die Riviere
  • Retrieval
  • The rate of killing
  • Drawing conclusions
  • Buckyballs
  • A new kind of extinction
  • Resolution
  • Legacy and lessons of a catastrophe : are we living on a safe planet?

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