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A professional technical paper discussing whether the Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) mass extinction was initiated by an extraterrestrial impact or an earth-bound event.
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Mass extinction This page represents rather old work. Newman has written a book Modeling Extinction with Richard Palmer, an early draft of which can be found here or at adap-org/9908002. A Mathematical Model for Mass Extinction Introduction Of all the species that...A number of extinction concepts are discussed and loosely defined, followed by a survey of some important extinction and "extinction-like" events, primarily from the Phanerozoic.
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Extinction A number of extinction concepts are discussed and loosely defined, followed by a survey of some important extinction and extinction-like events, primarily from the Phanerozoic. Keywords: extinction, mass extinction, Cambrian, Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Permo-Triassic, Triassic, Cretaceous, Cretaceous-Tertiary Introduction The idea...Fully referenced BSc honours project on the History of Mass Extinctions with special reference to the proposed sixth extinction taking place at the present time.
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Phanerozoic Mass Extinctions by Teddy Wilkin Click on a link below for an overview of the topic This document was submitted as a BSc honours project in 2002, achieved a 1st class grade and is fully referenced 1. Abstract 7. Current Extinction Rates 2. Introduction 8....Broad, non-technical coverage of the whole field; a good introductory work. Includes mass extinctions, theories, the fossil record, FAQs, and a glossary.
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BBC Evolution Weekend: Extinction Files Mass Extinctions It is often difficult to determine exactly when mass extinction events have occurred in the Earth's history the fossil record is not perfect, and the poorer the record for a particular time frame, the more it is open to different...Covers patterns and periodicity of extinction, with discussions of major mass extinctions and minor extinction events.
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