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Author Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-

Title Gorgon : paleontology, obsession, and the greatest catastrophe in earth's history / Peter D. Ward.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2004.

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 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  576.8 WAR    Check Shelf
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Adult  576.8 WAR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  576.84 WARD    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  576.84 WAR    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  576.8 WAR    Check Shelf
Description xxvii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
Contents Arriving -- Bones in the Karoo -- Gradual or sudden? -- Land and sea -- Karoo magnetics -- A change of rivers -- The stone house at Tussen die Riviere -- Retrieval -- The rate of killing -- Drawing conclusions -- Buckyballs -- A new kind of extinction -- Resolution -- Legacy and lessons of a catastrophe : are we living on a safe planet?
Subject Catastrophes (Geology)
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Permian.
Geology, Structural -- South Africa -- Karroo.
ISBN 0670030945 (acid-free paper)
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