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Night comes to the Cretaceous : dinosaur extinction and the transformation of modern geology
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Night comes to the Cretaceous : dinosaur extinction and the transformation of modern geology

by James Lawrence Powell

This work examines the scientific investigation into the theory that a massive asteroid impact 65 million years ago caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. It details the discovery of the Yucatan impact crater and the subsequent shift in scientific consensus.

Accession 30245 ISBN 0716731177 Publisher W. H. Freeman & Co.
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