When Humans Nearly Vanished

The Catastrophic Explosion of the Tolba Volcano

Donald R. Prothero (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2018
Smithsonian Books (Verlag)
978-1-58834-635-3 (ISBN)

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The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eruption in the past 28 million years--and its lasting impact on Earth and human evolution

The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano the Earth s largest eruption in the past 28 million years and its lasting impact on Earth and human evolution

Some 73,000 years ago, the huge dome of Mount Toba, in today s Sumatr

DONALD R. PROTHERO specializes in physics, planetary sciences, astronomy, earth sciences, and vertebrate paleontology. He taught for 35 years at the college level at Columbia, Knox, Pierce, and Vassar colleges, most recently as professor of geology at Occidental College and as lecturer in geobiology at the California Institute of Technology. He has authored or edited more than 300 scientific papers and 30 books, including Giants of the Lost World: Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Monsters of South America.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.10.2018
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	1-58834-635-8 / 1588346358
ISBN-13	978-1-58834-635-3 / 9781588346353
Zustand	Neuware