Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781897799451
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Biotic Recovery from Mass Extinction Events. (Papers Presented At/prepared for Meeting Held University of Plymouth, 3-11 Sept 1994).
Author: Geological Correlation
Author: Extinction Events in Earth History
Author: IGCP Project 216--"Global Biological Events in Earth History."Publisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This volume is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of dynamic biological changes through the Phanerozoic which are associated with mass extinction events and similar biotic crises, and their causal mechanisms. In particular, it documents in detail the complex nature of terrestrial and extraterrestrial feedback loops that are associated with many mass extinction intervals. Authors have been asked to represent most of the known mass extinction events through time, and to comment on the complex earthbound or extraterrestrial causes (or both) for global biotic crises. The reader is offered new perspectives of extinction boundaries, a more innovative and diverse approach to causal mechanisms and mass extinction theory, blended views of paleobiologists, oceanographers, geochemists, volcanologists, and sedimentologists by an international cast of authors. No other book on extinction presents such a broad spectrum of data and theories on the subject of mass extinction.
Biotic Recovery From Mass Extinction Events
Author: Mass Extinctions and Their Aftermath
Author: A. HallamPublisher: Oxford University Press, UK
ISBN: 0191588393
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The first book to review all the evidence concerning both the dinosaur extinctions and all the other major extinctions - of plant, animal, terrestrial, and marine life - in the history of life. All the extinction mechanisms are critically assessed, including meteorite impact, anoxia, and volcanism. - ;Why do mass extinctions occur? The demise of the dinosaurs has been discussed exhaustively, but has never been out into the context of other extinction events. This is the first systematic review of the mass extinctions of all organisms, plant and animal, terrestrial and marine, that have occurred in the history of life. This includes the major crisis 250 million years ago which nearly wiped out all life on Earth. By examining current paleontological, geological, and sedimentological evidence of environmental changes, the cases for explanations based on climate change, marine regressions, asteroid or comet impact, anoxia, and volcanic eruptions are all critically evaluated. -
Extinction Events in Earth History
Author: Erle G. KauffmanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783662213353
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This volume is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of dynamic biological changes through the Phanerozoic which are associated with mass extinction events and similar biotic crises, and their causal mechanisms. In particular, it documents in detail the complex nature of terrestrial and extraterrestrial feedback loops that are associated with many mass extinction intervals. Authors have been asked to represent most of the known mass extinction events through time, and to comment on the complex earthbound or extraterrestrial causes (or both) for global biotic crises. The reader is offered new perspectives of extinction boundaries, a more innovative and diverse approach to causal mechanisms and mass extinction theory, blended views of paleobiologists, oceanographers, geochemists, volcanologists, and sedimentologists by an international cast of authors. No other book on extinction presents such a broad spectrum of data and theories on the subject of mass extinction.
Extinctions
Author: Michael HannahPublisher:
ISBN: 9781108825665
Category : Mass extinctions
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth's history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction events look like and how does life on Earth recover from them? The fossil record reveals periods when biodiversity exploded, and short intervals when much of life was wiped out in mass extinction events. In comparison with these ancient events, todays biotic crisis hasn't (yet) reached the level of extinction to be called a mass extinction. But we are certainly in crisis, and current parallels with ancient mass extinction events are profound and deeply worrying. Humanity's actions are applying the same sorts of pressures - on similar scales - that in the past pushed the Earth System out of equilibrium and triggered mass extinction events. Analysis of the fossil record suggests that we still have some time to avert this disaster: but we must act now"--
Extinction
Author: Douglas H. ErwinPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691005249
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The animals we find today in a tidepool reflect the winners and losers of an event 250 million years ago when the Earth suffered the greatest biotic crisis in its history, with some 95% of all living species being wiped out. This text explores the possible causes of this mass extinction.
Mass Extinctions
Author: Stephen K. DonovanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780231070911
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
An examination of one of the most controversial areas in contemporary science, this volume contains a series of essays which relate the present state of knowledge about mass extinction processes. The contributors discuss the evidence used to support the various theories.
The End of Evolution
Author: Peter Douglas WardPublisher: Bantam
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
On Mass extinction and the preservation of biodiversity.