Essays by Isaac Asimov about geology and dinosaurs

Copyright © 1995 by Edward Seiler and Richard Hatcher. All rights reserved.

We Were the First that Ever Burst -

Subject: oceanic exploration
First Published In: Jun-78, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Too Deep For Me

Subject: /air under ocean pressures
First Published In: Apr-81, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Under Pressure

Subject: /substances under pressure
First Published In: May-81, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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The Hollow Earth

Subject: the notion of a hollow earth in history and literature
First Published In: Aug-86, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
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The Shrinking of the Delta

Subject: the loss of the Nile river delta may be catastrophic
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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Fire & Ice, Our Planet's Most Crucial Chapter

Subject: Earth's evolution from a planet of ice to one of fire to one of ice
First Published In: Jun-81, Science Digest
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Far, Far Below

Subject: /interior of the Earth
First Published In: Jan-85, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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The Inner Sphere

Subject: deductions about the nature of Earth's metal core
First Published In: 15-Aug-87, American Way (American Airlines)
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The Central Heat

Subject: Earth's internal temperature
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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Mantle and Core (by Janet)

Subject: dynamic inner layers of the Earth
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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Hey, Alaska, Here We Come!

Subject: Earth's Pacific plate is sliding northward
First Published In: Dec-82, American Way (American Airlines)
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Dinosaurs Everywhere

Original Title: The Case of the Antarctic Dinosaur (V14)
Subject: plate movements explain fossils
First Published In: 12-Dec-86, Los Angeles Times
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The Shifting Earth

Subject: Earth's moving plates and poles
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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Ice Ages and the Plateau Effect

Subject: plate movements explain recent ice ages
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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The Cracked Crust

Subject: plate tectonics is unique to Earth
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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Earth

Subject: plate tectonics, continental drift, and the ocean floor
First Published In: 1978, The Science Fictional Solar System
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When the Earth Was Too Hot and Too Cold

Original Title: Life in Mid-Pangaea: There Wasn't Any (V4)
Subject: Pangaea had temperature extremes
First Published In: 4-Aug-89, Los Angeles Times
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The One-Two Punch

Subject: volcanic eruptions devastated Crete
First Published In: 5-Feb-85, American Way (American Airlines)
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The Quaking East

Subject: earthquakes outside the Pacific rim
First Published In: 18-Mar-86, American Way (American Airlines)
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The Big Crack

Subject: San Andreas fault earthquakes
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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Earth Shrugs It's Shoulders

Original Title: Stand By, We Have an Earthquake Warning
Subject: earthquakes: causes and the possibilities for prediction
First Published In: Jan-Feb-77, Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines
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Historic Clues Found Written in the Trees

Original Title: Historic Clues Found Written in the Trees (V4-5)
Subject: tree rings date the eruption of the island of Thera to 1628 BC
First Published In: 20-May-88, Los Angeles Times
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The Opposite Poles

Subject: ice ages
First Published In: Sep-77, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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The Big Melt

Subject: ice age melting may have resulted in a huge flood
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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The Great Borning

Subject: Cambrian fossils
First Published In: Sep-67, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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What Teeth Can Tell Us

Subject: teeth as fossils last long and tell much
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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The Noblest Metal of Them All

Subject: /iridium and the Alvarez discovery
First Published In: Mar-80, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Overkill

Original Title: Hell on Earth 65 Million Years Ago (V7)
Subject: mass extinction seems too extreme
First Published In: 11-Nov-88, Los Angeles Times
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Gone - Again and Again (by Janet)

Subject: evidence for the most recent mass extinction
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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The Terrible Lizards

Subject: dinosaurs
First Published In: Aug-68, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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The Dying Lizards

Subject: dinosaur extinctions
First Published In: Sep-68, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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The Hot-Blooded Giants

Original Title: Dinosaurs: Hot-Blooded or Cold?
Subject: tracing dinosaur evolution
First Published In: 15-Mar-88, American Way (American Airlines)
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Death of the Dinosaurs: A New Clue

Subject: how amino acids figure in the mystery of dinosaur extinction
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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Fossil Fact or Fiction

Subject: the reptile-bird transitional form
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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More Evidence of Feathered Fliers

Subject: a later version of the reptile-bird
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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The Biggest Flyer

Subject: how the huge pterosaurs could fly
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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The Most Successful Life-Form

Subject: insects have thrived for millions of years
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
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Dinosaurs

Subject: having a large body can be both good and bad
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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Dinowalk (by Janet)

Subject: methods of dinosaur locomotion
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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Master Lizard, the King

Subject: a brief summary of several dinosaur species
First Published In: 1986, Nightfall
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The Fifth Reptile

Subject: some species of reptiles of the beakhead order survive
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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Dead as a Dodo

Subject: a new understanding of the Dodo bird
First Published In: 1990-1992, Los Angeles Times
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Guide to Essays
Authors:
Edward Seiler
ejseiler@earthlink.net

Richard Hatcher (hatch888@airmail.net)