| Description |
xiv, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in geophysics |
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Studies in geophysics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Oxygen and Proterozoic evolution : an update / Andrew H. Knoll and Heinrich D. Holland -- Impact of late Ordovician glaciation-deglaciation on marine life / W.B.N. Berry, M.S. Quinby-Hunt, and P. Wilde -- Global change leading to biodiversity crisis in a greenhouse world : the Cenomanian-Turonian(Cretaceous) mass extinction / Earle G. Kauffman -- Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) mass extinction : effect of global change on Calcareous microplankton / Gerta Keller and Katharina v. Salis Perch-Nielsen -- Terminal Paleocene mass extinction in the deep sea : association with global warming / James P. Kennett and Lowell D. Stott -- Tropical climate stability and implications for the distribution of life / Eric J. Barron -- Neogene ice age in the North Atlantic region : climatic changes, biotic effects, and forcing factors / Steven M. Stanley and William F. Ruddiman -- The response of hierarchically structured ecosystems to long-term climatic change : a case study using tropical peat swamps of Pennsylvanian age / William A. DiMichele and Tom L. Phillips -- The late Cretaceous and Cenozoic history of vegetation and climate at northern and southern high latitudes : a comparison / Rosemary A. Askin and Robert A. Spicer -- The impact of climatic changes on the development of the Australian flora / David C. Christophel -- Global climatic influence on Cenozoic land mammal faunas / S. David Webb and Neil D. Opdyke -- Biotic responses to temperature and salinity changes during last deglaciation, Gulf of Mexico / Benjamin P. Flower and James P. Kennett -- Pollen records of late Quaternary vegetation change : plant community rearrangements and evolutionary implications / Thompson Webb III -- Climatic forcing and the origin of the human genus / Steven M. Stanley. |
| Form |
Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Paleoecology.
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Paleoclimatology.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.
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| ISBN |
0309051274 |
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