The Great Paleozoic Crisis: Life and Death in the Permian

by Douglas Erwin

Overview

— Quarterly Review of Biology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231074667
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	08/19/1993
Series:	The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology
Pages:	327
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

A major stimulus to research on Permo-Triassic extinctions. Erwin has done an excellent job of assembling a vast and difficult literature, and has performed a major service by focusing attention on unresolved problems and promising hypotheses. . . . [S]hould fuel many graduate seminars, bring teachers up to date, and move research in productive directions.

Quarterly Review of Biology

An ambitious attempt to review the broad range of physical and biological events of the late Permian and early Triassic. Erwin examines, evaluates, and synthesizes a tremendous volume of research, much of it new. . . . [A]n invaluable reference for anyone interested in the phenomenon of mass extinction and will undoubtedly fuel many graduate seminars in the coming year.

Science

An ambitious attempt to review the broad range of physical and biological events of the late Permian and early Triassic. Erwin examines, evaluates, and synthesizes a tremendous volume of research, much of it new.... [A]n invaluable reference for anyone interested in the phenomenon of mass extinction and will undoubtedly fuel many graduate seminars in the coming year.

Science