The Great Paleozoic Crisis: Life and Death in the Permian

Author:   Douglas Erwin
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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9780231074667


Pages:   327
Publication Date:   19 August 1993
Format:   Hardback
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-- Quarterly Review of Biology

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Author:   Douglas Erwin
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.043kg
ISBN:  

9780231074667


ISBN 10:   0231074662
Pages:   327
Publication Date:   19 August 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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The world of the Permian; the great divide; the farewell symphony; pelycosaurs, pteridosperms and palaeoptera; pangea; icehouses, greenhouses and saltboxes; geochemical changes in the Permian; cycles of change; the mother of mass extinctions; aftermath and implications.

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An ambitious attempt to review the broad range of physical and biological events of the late Permian and early Triassic. Erwin examines, evaluates, and synthesizes a tremendous volume of research, much of it new... [A]n invaluable reference for anyone interested in the phenomenon of mass extinction and will undoubtedly fuel many graduate seminars in the coming year. Science


An ambitious attempt to review the broad range of physical and biological events of the late Permian and early Triassic. Erwin examines, evaluates, and synthesizes a tremendous volume of research, much of it new.... [A]n invaluable reference for anyone interested in the phenomenon of mass extinction and will undoubtedly fuel many graduate seminars in the coming year. * Science *


An ambitious attempt to review the broad range of physical and biological events of the late Permian and early Triassic. Erwin examines, evaluates, and synthesizes a tremendous volume of research, much of it new... [A]n invaluable reference for anyone interested in the phenomenon of mass extinction and will undoubtedly fuel many graduate seminars in the coming year. -- Science


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