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02770cam a2200361 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocn908084043 |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20180722221636.0 |
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150806s2016 njuab b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2015005727 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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DLC |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691142098 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0691142092 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)908084043 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
576.84 |
| Item number |
W661 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wignall, P. B. |
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288655 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The worst of times : |
| Remainder of title |
how life on earth survived eighty million years of extinctions / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Paul B. Wignall. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Princeton : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2016] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 199 pages : |
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illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; |
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23 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
260 million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst--the end-Permian extinction--wiping out nearly every species on the planet. This book delves into the mystery behind these extinctions and sheds light on the fateful role the primeval supercontinent, known as Pangea, may have played in causing these global catastrophes. Drawing on the latest discoveries as well as his own field expeditions to remote corners of the world, Paul Wignall reveals what scientists are only now beginning to understand about the most prolonged period of environmental crisis in Earth's history. He describes how a series of unprecedented extinction events swept across the planet in a span of eighty million years, rapidly killing marine and terrestrial life on a scale more devastating than the dinosaur extinctions that would come later. Wignall shows how these extinctions--sotne of which have only recently been discovered--all coincided with gigantic volcanic eruptions of flood basalt lavas that occurred when the world's landmasses were united into a single vast expanse. Unraveling one of the great enigmas of ancient Earth, this book also explains how the splitting apart of Pangea into the continents we know today ushered in a new age of vibrant and more resilient life on our planet.--Adapted from book jacket. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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A time of dying -- Extinction in the shadows -- The killing seas -- Troubled times in the Triassic -- Triassic downfall -- Pangea's final blow -- Pangea's death and the rise of resilience. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mass extinctions. |
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247355 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Extinction (Biology) |
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83961 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Survival. |
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27648 |
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