Mass Extinctions: Process and Evidence

Donovan, Stephen K. (editor)

ISBN 10: 0231070918 / ISBN 13: 9780231070911

Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 1992

About this Item

Soft Cover. Green pictorial cover with title printed on spine and front cover in white. x + 266 pages, b/w text illustrations, chapter bibliographies, comprehensive index. 1st Edition, 1st Printing (full number line, no remainder mark). CONDITION: VERY GOOD, binding square and tight, pages underling in ink in first three chapters, previous owners name on flyleaf; wrappers lightly rubbed, curling edges. CONTENT: Twelve chapters written by 13 specialists review the evolutionary role of extinction. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mass Extinctions: Process and Evidence
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231070918
• ISBN 13: 9780231070911
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biological Sciences
  • Geology
  • Nature & Ecology

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Stephen K. Donovan is lecturer in the Geology Department of the University of West Indies.

Among the contributors to this volume are: Antoni Hoffman of Columbia University, Charles McGhee of Rutgers University, Donald R. Prothero of Occidental College in Los Angeles, and Garland P. Upchurch Jr.of the University of Colorado Museum And National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.