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UNINA9910451492903321 |
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Autore |
Hallam Tony |
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Titolo |
Catastrophes and lesser calamities : the causes of mass extinctions / / Tony Hallam |
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Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
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©2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-191643-9 |
0-19-152344-5 |
1-280-76294-2 |
0-19-151309-1 |
1-4294-2116-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 226 p. ) : ill., maps, ports |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Extinction (Biology) |
Catastrophes (Geology) |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Geologist Tony Hallam takes readers on a tour of the Earth's history, and of the cataclysmic events, as well as the more gradual extinctions, that have punctuated life on Earth throughout the past 500 million years. |
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