Publisher's Synopsis
A collection of papers on modern and antedileuvian species extinctions presented at a Northern Arizona University symposium at Flagstaff in 1983. Extensively updated, the compilation offers a comprehensive summary of current research and scientific thinking on the possible causes and mechanisms of large-scale periodic extinctions. The book also covers many speculations and controversies on the subject. Topics include the fossil record of extinctions, modern extinctions, theoretical modelling of extinction events, the periodicity of mass extinctions and more.
