"Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology" by James Lawrence Powell
Second printing
W.H. Freeman & Co. | 1998 | ISBN: 0716731177 9780716731177 | 266 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Second printing
W.H. Freeman & Co. | 1998 | ISBN: 0716731177 9780716731177 | 266 pages | PDF | 4 MB
“What decimated life on Earth 65 million years ago? This book is the a
comprehensive and objective account of how this incredible theory has
changed the course of science. This book is an elegant masterpiece of
science writing.
Contents
Preface
Prologue - The Great Mystery
1 The Alvarez Discovery
2 The Past as Key to the Present
3 Stones from the Skv
4 Theory on Trial
5 Counterattack
6 The Volcanic Rival
7 To Catch a Crater
8 Clues from the Fossil Record
9 A Whimper or a Bang?
10 The Death of the Dinosaurs
11 Are All Mass Extinctions Caused by Collision?
12 Are Extinction and Cratering Periodic?
References
Index
Preface
Prologue - The Great Mystery
1 The Alvarez Discovery
2 The Past as Key to the Present
3 Stones from the Skv
4 Theory on Trial
5 Counterattack
6 The Volcanic Rival
7 To Catch a Crater
8 Clues from the Fossil Record
9 A Whimper or a Bang?
10 The Death of the Dinosaurs
11 Are All Mass Extinctions Caused by Collision?
12 Are Extinction and Cratering Periodic?
References
Index
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