Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution
：Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution
( Princeton Legacy Library )
Publication subTitle ：Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution
Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library
Author： Prothero Donald R.;Berggren William A.;;
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781400862924
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691025421
Subject： P534.61 Tertiary (system)
Keyword： 普通生物学
Language： ENG
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Description
The transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs was the most significant event in earth history since the extinction of dinosaurs. As the first Antarctic ice sheets appeared, major extinctions and faunal turnovers took place on the land and in the sea, eliminating forms adapted to a tropical world and replacing them with the ancestors of most of our modern animal and plant life. Through a detailed study of climatic conditions and of organisms buried in Eocene-Oligocene sediments, this volume shows that the separation of Antarctica from Australia was a critical factor in changing oceanic circulation and ultimately world climate. In this book forty-eight leading scientists examine the full range of Eocene and Oligocene phenomena. Their articles cover nearly every major group of organisms in the ocean and on land and include evidence from paleontology, stable isotopes, sedimentology, seismology, and computer climatic modeling. The volume concludes with an update of the geochronologic framework of the late Paleogene.
Originally published in 1992.
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