Cataclysms: A New Geology for the Twenty-First Century
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231177801 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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His crisp narrative matches the dynamism of the science it explains. Olsen, Arthur D. (Paul E. (Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation) . (Dennis Kent, Rutgers University)In this fast-moving, eminently readable first-hand narrative, Rampino paints a stark contrast between conventional gradualist interpretations of earth history and a new fusion of earth science and astronomy in which powerful forces shape our planet's history with periodic catastrophes from above and within. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University)Rampino has pulled off the clever trick of producing a book about geology that will appeal to serious professionals and weekend rockhounds alikeand of course to students and teachers too. (James Powell, author of Four Revolutions in the Earth Sciences: From Heresy to Truth)A very readable and broad-r
He has been a consultant for NASA and is the editor of Climate: History, Periodicity, and Predictability (1988) and coauthor of Origins of Life in the Universe (2008). He has been a consultant for NASA and is the editor of Climate: History, Periodicity, and Predictability (1988) and coauthor of Origins of Life in the Universe (2008).Michael R. Rampino is a professor of biology and environmen
Rampino offers a cosmic context for Earth’s geologic evolution, in which cataclysms from above in the form of comet and asteroid impacts and from below in the form of huge outpourings of lava in flood-basalt eruptions have led to severe and even catastrophic changes to the Earth’s surface. In Cataclysms, Michael R. Rampino builds on the latest findings from leading geoscientists to take “neocatastrophism” a step further, toward a richer understanding of the science behind major planetary upheavals and extinction events.Rampino recounts his conversion to the impact hypothesis, describing his visits to meteor-strike sites and his review of the existing geological record. This new geology sees Earth’s position in our solar system and galaxy as the keys to understanding our planet’s geology and history of life. In 1980, the science world was stunned when a maverick team of researchers proposed that a massive meteor strike had wiped the dinosaurs and other fauna from the Earth 66 million years ago. Sci