The Destruction of Atlantis: Ragnarok, or the Age of Fire and Gravel (Dover Books on Anthropology and Folklore)

Supported by convincing geological, archeological and astronomical arguments, this remarkable study advanced a strikingly original idea for its time — that a celestial object's devastating collision with the Earth's surface thousands of years ago resulted in massive gravel layers, the destruction of an advanced civilization (Atlantis), and years of cloud cover and extreme cold.