LEADER 04119nam 2200853Ia 450 001 9910815473003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-4740-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400847402 035 $a(CKB)2560000000102736 035 $a(EBL)1138040 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000972249 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11581157 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000972249 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10947869 035 $a(PQKB)10353559 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001613916 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16338907 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001613916 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14914371 035 $a(PQKB)11197549 035 $a(DE-B1597)447058 035 $a(OCoLC)1023996693 035 $a(OCoLC)1029823185 035 $a(OCoLC)1032679537 035 $a(OCoLC)1037979123 035 $a(OCoLC)1041986920 035 $a(OCoLC)1046607356 035 $a(OCoLC)1047007584 035 $a(OCoLC)1049620405 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880620 035 $a(OCoLC)979970307 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400847402 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1138040 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10720657 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL497791 035 $a(OCoLC)899266218 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1138040 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000102736 100 $a20080828d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aT. rex and the crater of doom /$fWalter Alvarez ; [with a new foreword by Carl Zimmer] 205 $aWith a New Foreword by Carl Zimmer 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 225 0$aPrinceton science library 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-16966-7 311 $a0-691-13103-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [147]-169) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword / $rZimmer, Carl -- $tPreface -- $tChapter 1. Armageddon -- $tChapter 2. Ex Libro Lapidum Historia Mundi -- $tChapter 3. Gradualist versus Catastrophist -- $tChapter 4. Iridium -- $tChapter 5. The Search for the Impact Site -- $tChapter 6. The Crater of Doom -- $tChapter 7. The World after Chicxulub -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aSixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished.This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. It is a saga of high adventure in remote locations, of arduous data collection and intellectual struggle, of long periods of frustration ended by sudden breakthroughs, of friendships made and lost, and of the exhilaration of discovery that forever altered our understanding of Earth's geological history. 410 0$aPrinceton Science Library 517 3 $aTyrannosaurus rex and the crater of doom 606 $aCatastrophes (Geology) 606 $aExtinction (Biology) 606 $aCryptoexplosion structures$zMexico$zCampeche, Bay of, Region 607 $aChicxulub Crater 615 0$aCatastrophes (Geology) 615 0$aExtinction (Biology) 615 0$aCryptoexplosion structures 676 $a576.8/4 700 $aAlvarez$b Walter$f1940-$01704777 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815473003321 996 $aT. rex and the crater of doom$94189479 997 $aUNINA