SOLVING THE MAJOR EXTINCTIONS

   

TABLE OF CONTENTS



INTRODUCTORY SECTION

A. Title Page — Solving the Major Extinctions

B. Table of Contents

C. Introduction

D. Overview — A Brief Summary of the Book



CHAPTERS

1. Chapter 1 — Looking at the Major Extinction Events

2. Chapter 2 — The Standard Theory

3. Chapter 3 — Ben's Antipodal Theory — A Theory of Antipodal Impact Effects

4. Chapter 4 — Defining Cosmic Impacts

5. Chapter 5 — Antipodal Impact Effects

6. Chapter 6 — Further Theoretical Explanation

7. Chapter 7 — Comparing the Theories

8. Chapter 8 — The Rise of India Causes the Last Major Extinction

9. Chapter 9 — Piecing Together the "Smoking Gun"

10. Chapter10 — Blobs With Tails

11. Chapter11 — Other Continental Questions

12. Chapter12 — A "Cepheid Variable" approach to Paleo—Geological Modeling

13. Chapter13 — The Next Impact — A New World View

14. Chapter14 — Conclusion

15. Chapter15 — Footnotes and Bibliography

16. Appendix I -- The Permian Extinction 250 MYA

17. Appendix II -- The Creation of Western Antarctica 214 MYA

18. Appendix III -- The South American Surprise 132 MYA

19. Appendix IV -- The North American Surprise 202 MYA

20. Appendix V -- Impacts and Extinctions -- A Summary

21. Appendix VI -- Flood Basalt Eruptions and Mass Extinctions

22. Appendix VII -- Other Thoughts and Revisions

23. Appendix VIII -- Removing the Need for Geological Epicycles