The Great Extinction. The Solution to One of the Great Mysteries of Science - The Disappearance of the Dinosaurs

Allaby, Michael and James Lovelock:

ISBN 10: 038518011X / ISBN 13: 9780385180115

Published by New York, Doubleday, 1983

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ix, 182 S, 22cm Zustand: Halbleinenband mit Schutzumschlag, geschützt durch zweiten transparenten Umschlag, in sehr gutem Zustand. Kopf- und Fuß des Buchblocks sind beschnitten, der Fußschnitt gesprenkelt. Papier wenig gebräunt, sauber und fest./fine copy, dustjacket not clipped --- Inhalt: englischer Text. The mystery has remainded unsolved for a century and an half - since the first fossilized bones were identified as belonging to a large species of reptile unlike any alive today. Sixty-five million years ago the great dinosaurs ruled the world. Suddenly some violent cataclysm caused them to disappear forever. KK-PS21-5 ISBN: 038518011x Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great Extinction. The Solution to One of the Great Mysteries of Science - The Disappearance of the Dinosaurs
• Publisher: New York, Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038518011X
• ISBN 13: 9780385180115
• Binding: Halbleinen
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 300 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • 055320 Impaktkrater

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Synopsis

Argues that the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a collision between the earth and a meteorite that resulted in atmospheric pollution and hazardous chemical conditions that destroyed larger animals.