Catastrophes and lesser calamities
Subtitle: the causes of mass extinctions
By: Tony Hallam.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780192806680
Subjects: Extinction (Biology); Catastrophes (Geology)
Notes: Originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: In search of possible causes of mass extinctions; title: Historical background; title: Evidence for catastrophic organic changes in the geological record; title: Impact by comets and asteroids; title: Sea-level changes; title: Oxygen deficiency in the oceans; title: Climate change; title: Volcanic activity; title: Pulling the strands together; title: The evolutionary significance of mass extinctions; title: The influence of humans.