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001 ocm18739464
003 OCoLC
005 20180412033438.0
008 881019s1989 nyua b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aChapman, Clark R.
245 10 $aCosmic catastrophes /$cClark R. Chapman and David Morrison.
260 $aNew York :$bPlenum Press,$c℗♭1989.
300 $aviii, 302 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aThe authors discuss such topics as "impacts with asteroids, the greenhouse effect, nuclear winter, fringe catastrophism, supernovae and an assessment of risks." (New Scientist).
505 0 $aPrologue: danger from the skies -- Impacts on the earth -- Uniformitarianism and catastrophism -- Craters on the moon and Mars -- Interplanetary projectiles: asteroids and comets -- Death of the dinosaurs -- Death stars and comet showers -- Nuclear winter -- Violent volcanoes and mangled moons -- Chaos -- Origin of the moon -- Colliding worlds -- Catastrophism gone wild: the case of Immanuel Velikovsky -- Other fringe catastrophism -- Climates gone wrong: Venus and Mars -- The greenhouse effect and ozone holes -- Death of the sun -- Supernovas: nature's most violent catastrophes -- Threat from the skies: will a comet strike?
650 0 $aAstronomy.
650 0 $aDisasters.
650 6 $aAstronomie.
650 6 $aCatastrophes.
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650 07 $aKatastrophe.$2swd
653 $aAstronomy
700 1 $aMorrison, David,$d1940-
776 08 $iOnline version:$aChapman, Clark R.$tCosmic catastrophes.$dNew York : Plenum Press, ℗♭1989$w(OCoLC)624428015
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948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 910 OTHER HOLDINGS