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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

By Walter Alvarez

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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

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Sixty-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 tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
216
Release Date:
2015-09-15
Publication Date:
2015-09-15
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0691169667
ISBN13:
9780691169668
Weight:
215 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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