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Rampino, Michael R.. "Epilogue: What Does It All Mean? A New Geology". Cataclysms: A New Geology for the Twenty-First Century, New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 2017, pp. 158-160. https://doi.org/10.7312/ramp17780-015

Rampino, M. (2017). Epilogue: What Does It All Mean? A New Geology. In Cataclysms: A New Geology for the Twenty-First Century (pp. 158-160). New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/ramp17780-015

Rampino, M. 2017. Epilogue: What Does It All Mean? A New Geology. Cataclysms: A New Geology for the Twenty-First Century. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, pp. 158-160. https://doi.org/10.7312/ramp17780-015

Rampino, Michael R.. "Epilogue: What Does It All Mean? A New Geology" In Cataclysms: A New Geology for the Twenty-First Century, 158-160. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.7312/ramp17780-015

Rampino M. Epilogue: What Does It All Mean? A New Geology. In: Cataclysms: A New Geology for the Twenty-First Century. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press; 2017. p.158-160. https://doi.org/10.7312/ramp17780-015

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Catastrophism Versus Gradualism 9
2. Lyell’s Laws 20
3. The Alvarez Hypothesis 29
4. Mass Extinctions 50
5. Kill Curves and Strangelove Oceans 60
6. Catastrophism and Natural Selection: Charles Darwin Versus Patrick Matthew 78
7. Impacts and Extinctions: Do They Match Up? 88
8. The Great Dying: The End-Permian Extinctions 105
9. Catastrophic Volcanic Eruptions and Extinctions 115
10. Ancient Glaciers or Impact-Related Deposits? 128
11. The Shiva Hypothesis: Comet Showers and the Galactic Carousel 136
12. Geological Upheavals and Dark Matter 150
Epilogue 158
Sources and Further Reading 161
Index 201

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Catastrophism Versus Gradualism 9
2. Lyell’s Laws 20
3. The Alvarez Hypothesis 29
4. Mass Extinctions 50
5. Kill Curves and Strangelove Oceans 60
6. Catastrophism and Natural Selection: Charles Darwin Versus Patrick Matthew 78
7. Impacts and Extinctions: Do They Match Up? 88
8. The Great Dying: The End-Permian Extinctions 105
9. Catastrophic Volcanic Eruptions and Extinctions 115
10. Ancient Glaciers or Impact-Related Deposits? 128
11. The Shiva Hypothesis: Comet Showers and the Galactic Carousel 136
12. Geological Upheavals and Dark Matter 150
Epilogue 158
Sources and Further Reading 161
Index 201

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