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Catastrophes and lesser calamities
The causes of mass extinctions
Tony Hallam is Emeritus Professor of Geology at the
University of Birmingham and the author of a huge
range of scientific books and papers including
Great Geological Controversies (1992) and
Mass Extinctions and their Aftermath
(with Paul Wignall, 1997).
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Catastrophes and
lesser calamities
The causes of mass extinctions
Tony Hallam
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