04119nam 2200853Ia 450 991081547300332120200520144314.01-4008-4740-010.1515/9781400847402(CKB)2560000000102736(EBL)1138040(SSID)ssj0000972249(PQKBManifestationID)11581157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000972249(PQKBWorkID)10947869(PQKB)10353559(SSID)ssj0001613916(PQKBManifestationID)16338907(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001613916(PQKBWorkID)14914371(PQKB)11197549(DE-B1597)447058(OCoLC)1023996693(OCoLC)1029823185(OCoLC)1032679537(OCoLC)1037979123(OCoLC)1041986920(OCoLC)1046607356(OCoLC)1047007584(OCoLC)1049620405(OCoLC)1054880620(OCoLC)979970307(DE-B1597)9781400847402(Au-PeEL)EBL1138040(CaPaEBR)ebr10720657(CaONFJC)MIL497791(OCoLC)899266218(MiAaPQ)EBC1138040(EXLCZ)99256000000010273620080828d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrT. rex and the crater of doom /Walter Alvarez ; [with a new foreword by Carl Zimmer]With a New Foreword by Carl ZimmerPrinceton, NJ Princeton University Press20081 online resource (342 p.)Princeton science libraryDescription based upon print version of record.0-691-16966-7 0-691-13103-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-169) and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Zimmer, Carl -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Armageddon -- Chapter 2. Ex Libro Lapidum Historia Mundi -- Chapter 3. Gradualist versus Catastrophist -- Chapter 4. Iridium -- Chapter 5. The Search for the Impact Site -- Chapter 6. The Crater of Doom -- Chapter 7. The World after Chicxulub -- Notes -- IndexSixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished.This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. It is a saga of high adventure in remote locations, of arduous data collection and intellectual struggle, of long periods of frustration ended by sudden breakthroughs, of friendships made and lost, and of the exhilaration of discovery that forever altered our understanding of Earth's geological history.Princeton Science LibraryTyrannosaurus rex and the crater of doomCatastrophes (Geology)Extinction (Biology)Cryptoexplosion structuresMexicoCampeche, Bay of, RegionChicxulub CraterCatastrophes (Geology)Extinction (Biology)Cryptoexplosion structures576.8/4Alvarez Walter1940-1704777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815473003321T. rex and the crater of doom4189479UNINA