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Chapter 16. On two Kinds of Rapid Faunal Turnover
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Foreword xi
- Introduction 1
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Part I. The Concept of Catastrophe as a Natural Agent
- Chapter 1. Toward the Vindication of Punctuational Change 9
- Chapter 2. Perfection, Continuity, and Common Sense in Historical Geology 35
- Chapter 3. Reflections on the "Rare Event" and Related Concepts in Geology 77
- Chapter 4. The Stratigraphic Code and what it implies 91
- Chapter 5. Statistical Sedimentation and Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy 101
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Part II. The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary: A Case in Point
- Chapter 6. Mass Extinction: Unique or Recurrent Causes? 115
- Chapter 7. The Two Phanerozoic Supercycles 129
- Chapter 8. The Fabric of Cretaceous Marine Extinctions 151
- Chapter 10. Changes in The Angiosperm Flora Across the Cretaceoustertiary Boundary 279
- Chapter 11. Palynological Evidence for Change in Continental Floras at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary 315
- Chapter 12. Mammal Evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary 339
- Chapter 13. Terminal Cretaceous Extinctions Of Large Reptiles 373
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Part III. CATASTROPHIC PROCESSES IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD
- Chapter 14. Low Sea Levels, Droughts, and Mammalian Extinctions 387
- Chapter 15. Eustasy, Geoid Changes, and Multiple Geophysical Interaction 395
- Chapter 16. On two Kinds of Rapid Faunal Turnover 417
- Chapter 17. The Phanerozoic “Crisis” as Viewed from the Miocene 437
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Part IV. Catastrophes and the Real World
- Chapter 18. Marine Mineral Resources and Uniformitarianism 449
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Foreword xi
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. The Concept of Catastrophe as a Natural Agent
- Chapter 1. Toward the Vindication of Punctuational Change 9
- Chapter 2. Perfection, Continuity, and Common Sense in Historical Geology 35
- Chapter 3. Reflections on the "Rare Event" and Related Concepts in Geology 77
- Chapter 4. The Stratigraphic Code and what it implies 91
- Chapter 5. Statistical Sedimentation and Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy 101
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Part II. The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary: A Case in Point
- Chapter 6. Mass Extinction: Unique or Recurrent Causes? 115
- Chapter 7. The Two Phanerozoic Supercycles 129
- Chapter 8. The Fabric of Cretaceous Marine Extinctions 151
- Chapter 10. Changes in The Angiosperm Flora Across the Cretaceoustertiary Boundary 279
- Chapter 11. Palynological Evidence for Change in Continental Floras at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary 315
- Chapter 12. Mammal Evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary 339
- Chapter 13. Terminal Cretaceous Extinctions Of Large Reptiles 373
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Part III. CATASTROPHIC PROCESSES IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD
- Chapter 14. Low Sea Levels, Droughts, and Mammalian Extinctions 387
- Chapter 15. Eustasy, Geoid Changes, and Multiple Geophysical Interaction 395
- Chapter 16. On two Kinds of Rapid Faunal Turnover 417
- Chapter 17. The Phanerozoic “Crisis” as Viewed from the Miocene 437
-
Part IV. Catastrophes and the Real World
- Chapter 18. Marine Mineral Resources and Uniformitarianism 449