The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History
The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History

Author: Graham Ryder

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 9780813723075

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"This volume atempts to explore and clarify the relationship among the geological records, the extinctions, and the causes of catastrophes for life in Earth's history. Most of the papers address the geological record and the extinctions across the Cretaceou-Teriary boundary, and the buried Chicxulub structure that is now consensually deemed to be of impact origin and to be intimately related to that boundary." (GSA website).

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution
Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution

Author: B. O. Dressier

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0813722934

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Comprises 28 papers which grew out of the International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, August/September, 1992 in Sudbury, Ontario. The interdisciplinary papers, encompassing diverse studies from trace element geochemistry to planetary exploration, are arranged into f

Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality
Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality

Author: Virgil L. Sharpton

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 0813722470

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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