Extinction: A number of extinction concepts are discussed and loosely defined, followed by a survey of some important extinction and "extinction-like" events, primarily from the Phanerozoic.
Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time: Covers patterns and periodicity of extinction, with discussions of major mass extinctions and minor extinction events.
Mass Extinction: A mathematical model for mass extinction.
The Late Devonian Mass Extinction: A professional technical paper discussing whether the Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) mass extinction was initiated by an extraterrestrial impact or an earth-bound event.