Catastrophes And Earth History

Author : William A. Berggren
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400853281
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catastrophes and Earth History written by William A. Berggren and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based on papers from a symposium at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, shows the necessity of developing a new philosophy in place of the classical uniformitarianism based only on processes familiar in human experience. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : William A. Berggren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780691083285
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catastrophes and Earth History written by William A. Berggren and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based on papers from a symposium at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, shows the necessity of developing a new philosophy in place of the classical uniformitarianism based only on processes familiar in human experience. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Igorʹ Aleksandrovich Rezanov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catastrophes in the Earth's History written by Igorʹ Aleksandrovich Rezanov and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Virgil L. Sharpton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Global Catastrophes in Earth History written by Virgil L. Sharpton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Graham Ryder
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 9780813723075
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History written by Graham Ryder and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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).

Author : Donald R. Prothero
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421401479
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catastrophes! written by Donald R. Prothero and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the earth—and a humbling view of our future. Paleontologist and geologist Donald R. Prothero tells the harrowing human stories behind these catastrophic events. Prothero describes in gripping detail some of the most important natural disasters in history: • the New Madrid, Missouri, earthquakes of 1811–1812 that caused church bells to ring in Boston • the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people • the massive volcanic eruptions of Krakatau, Mount Tambora, Mount Vesuvius, Mount St. Helens, and Nevado del Ruiz His clear and straightforward explanations of the forces that caused these disasters accompany gut-wrenching accounts of terrifying human experiences and a staggering loss of human life. Floods that wash out whole regions, earthquakes that level a single country, hurricanes that destroy everything in their path—all are here to remind us of how little control we have over the natural world. Dramatic photographs and eyewitness accounts recall the devastation wrought by these events, and the people—both heroes and fools—that are caught up in the earth's relentless forces. Eerie, fascinating, and often moving, these tales of geologic history and human fortitude and folly will stay with you long after you put the book down.

Author : Trevor Palmer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521819282
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perilous Planet Earth written by Trevor Palmer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-06-12 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A readable account of the history of natural disasters throughout history.

Author : I. A. Rezanov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780785520405
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catastrophes in the Earth's History written by I. A. Rezanov and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Virgil L. Sharpton
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0813722470
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality written by Virgil L. Sharpton and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1990 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Steven A. Austin
Publisher : Nicholson
ISBN 13 : 9780932766083
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Catastrophes in Earth History written by Steven A. Austin and published by Nicholson. This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: