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03111cam a22004934a 4500 001 BB621D642B0511DE80C1F007A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 030416s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2003047953 020 $a 9780670030941 (acid-free paper) 020 $a 0670030945 (acid-free paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d IUL $d BUR $d BAKER $d LMR $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCG $d IWB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-sa--- 050 00 $a QE674 $b .W37 2004 082 00 $a 576.8/4 $2 21 100 1 $a Ward, Peter Douglas, $d 1949- 245 1 $a Gorgon : $b paleontology, obsession, and the greatest catastrophe in earth's history / $c Peter D. Ward. 260 $a New York : $b Viking, $c 2004. 300 $a xxvii, 257 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index. 505 0 $a Arriving -- Bones in the Karoo -- Gradual or sudden? -- Land and sea -- Karoo magnetics -- A change of rivers -- The stone house at Tussen die Riviere -- Retrieval -- The rate of killing -- Drawing conclusions -- Buckyballs -- A new kind of extinction -- Resolution -- Legacy and lessons of a catastrophe : are we living on a safe planet? 520 $a The gorgons ruled the land long before there were any dinosaurs, until an environmental cataclysm 250 million years ago annihilated them--along with 90 percent of all plant and animal species on the planet--in an event so terrible even the extinction of the dinosaurs pales in comparison. For more than a decade, Ward and his colleagues have been searching South Africa's Karoo Desert for clues to this world: What were these animals like? How did they live and, more important, how did they die? In this book, Ward examines the fate of this little-known prehistoric animal and its contemporaries, the ancestors of the turtle, the crocodile, the lizard, and eventually dinosaurs. He offers theories on these mass extinctions and confronts the implications they hold for us.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Catastrophes (Geology) 650 0 $a Geology, Stratigraphic $y Permian. 650 0 $a Geology, Structural $z Karroo. $z Karroo. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003047953-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003047953-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003047953-s.html 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2003047953-t.html 941 $a 10 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611021130.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314020108.0 952 $l VGPC334 $d 20200930010227.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528030221.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926083603.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150922022738.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB621D642B0511DE80C1F007A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search