Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinctions: Biotic and Environmental Changes - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393966577 ISBN 13: 9780393966572

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996

Synopsis

This text contains a collection of 20 articles, written by an international group of paleontologists, that detail the biotic response to major environmental upheavals at the close of the Cretaceous Period. It provides a description of the fossil evidence on which the bolide impact-mass extinction theory is based.

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From the Back Cover:

Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinctions: Biotic and Environmental Changes is a fascinating new study that combines the most current research on mass extinction with the theoretical perspectives of the leaders in the field. In twenty engaging essays, more than thirty leading paleobiologists and paleontologists uncover a wealth of data from the fossil record about changes in species survival and physical environments across the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) boundary. Together these papers present a much-awaited global perspective on the bilogical and environmental changes taking place during this critical period in the history of life. Anyone interested in the K/T boundary controversy and how research scientists interpret the relationship between climate change and mass extinction will find this work essential.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0393966577
• ISBN 13: 9780393966572
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: MacLeod Norman, Keller Gerta