Science: Earth_Sciences: Paleontology: Extinction

Cretaceous-Tertiary (8)
Permian-Triassic (1)
Recent (0)

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Science: Environment: Biodiversity (902)
Science: Environment: Global Change: Impacts and Indicators: Animals (13)
Society: Future: Catastrophes (40)

Extinction
A number of extinction concepts are discussed and loosely defined, followed by a survey of some important extinction and "extinction-like" events, primarily from the Phanerozoic.

Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time
Covers patterns and periodicity of extinction, with discussions of major mass extinctions and minor extinction events.

The Late Devonian Mass Extinction
A professional technical paper discussing whether the Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) mass extinction was initiated by an extraterrestrial impact or an earth-bound event.

Mass Extinction
A mathematical model for mass extinction.

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