Night Comes to the Cretaceous Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology

Name: Night Comes to the Cretaceous Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology
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ISBN: 9780716731177

ISBN-10: 0716731177

ISBN-13: 9780716731177

Edition: 1998 (Revised)

Authors: James L. Powell, James Lawrence Powell, D. Powell

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Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Prologue: The Greatest Mystery



Bolt from the Blue



The Alvarez Discovery



The Past as Key to the Present



Stones from the Sky



Was There a K-T Impact?



Theory on Trial



Counterattack



The Volcanic Rival



To Catch a Crater



Did An Impact Cause the K-T Mass Extinction?



Clues from the Fossil Record



A Whimper or a Bang?



The Death of the Dinosaurs



The Transformation of Geology



Are All Mass Extinctions Caused by Collision?



Are Extinction and Cratering Periodic?



Geology's Golden Age


References


Index