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4. Mass Extinction of Species

Author : Andrew Y. Glikson

Published in: Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

Early conflicts between uniformitarian and gradual theories of evolution (James Hutton: 1726–1797; Charles Lyell: 1797–1875) and catastrophic theory (Cuvier: 1769–1832) have been progressively resolved by advanced paleontological, sedimentary, volcanic and asteroid impact studies and by paleo-climate studies coupled with precise isotopic age determinations, indicating periods of gradual evolution were interrupted by abrupt events which have transformed the habitat of plants and organisms and resulted in mass extinction of species.

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Title: Mass Extinction of Species
Author: Andrew Y. Glikson
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Book: Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon
Print ISBN: 978-94-007-7331-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-7332-5

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7332-5_4