Catastrophes and Earth History: The New Uniformitarianism

Published by Princeton University Press 1984

Catastrophes and Earth History

The New Uniformitarianism

Edited by: William A. Berggren and John A. Van Couvering

Volume 711 in the series Princeton Series in Geology and Paleontology

In the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400853281

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This book, based on papers from a symposium at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, shows the necessity of developing a new philosophy in place of the classical uniformitarianism based only on processes familiar in human experience.

Originally published in 1984.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword W. A. Berggren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction John A. Van Couvering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. The Concept of Catastrophe as a Natural Agent
Chapter 1. Toward the Vindication of Punctuational Change Stephen Jay Gould Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2. Perfection, Continuity, and Common Sense in Historical Geology Richard H. Benson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 3. Reflections on the "Rare Event" and Related Concepts in Geology Peter E. Gretener Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 4. The Stratigraphic Code and what it implies Derek V. Ager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Chapter 5. Statistical Sedimentation and Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy Charles R. Denham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Part II. The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary: A Case in Point
Chapter 6. Mass Extinction: Unique or Recurrent Causes? Norman D. Newell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter 7. The Two Phanerozoic Supercycles Alfred G. Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Chapter 8. The Fabric of Cretaceous Marine Extinctions Anne Boersma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 10. Changes in The Angiosperm Flora Across the Cretaceoustertiary Boundary Leo J. Hickey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Chapter 11. Palynological Evidence for Change in Continental Floras at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Robert H. Tschudy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Chapter 12. Mammal Evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary J. David Archibald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
Chapter 13. Terminal Cretaceous Extinctions Of Large Reptiles Dale A. Russell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Part III. CATASTROPHIC PROCESSES IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD
Chapter 14. Low Sea Levels, Droughts, and Mammalian Extinctions Nils-Axel Mörner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Chapter 15. Eustasy, Geoid Changes, and Multiple Geophysical Interaction Nils-Axel Mörner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Chapter 16. On two Kinds of Rapid Faunal Turnover S. David Webb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
Chapter 17. The Phanerozoic “Crisis” as Viewed from the Miocene Richard H. Benson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
Part IV. Catastrophes and the Real World
Chapter 18. Marine Mineral Resources and Uniformitarianism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449

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