Princeton Series in Geology and Paleontology
The New Uniformitarianism
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Princeton Series in Geology and Paleontology
The New Uniformitarianism
About This Book
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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword by W. A. Berggren
- Introduction by John A. Van Couvering
- Part I. The Concept of Catastrophe as a Natural Agent
- Part II. The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary: A Case in Point
- Part III. Catastrophic Processes in the Geological Record
- Part IV. Catastrophes and the Real World