Terminal Eocene Events
Title | Terminal Eocene Events PDF eBook |
Author | C. Pomerol |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 431 |
Release | 2011-09-22 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0080868509 |
The papers in this volume provide an exhaustive inventory and description of the most complete sedimentary sequences across the Eocene-Oligocene Boundary (EOB) from all over the world, and present a synthesis of the biotic and chemico-physical events detected at the Eocene-Oligocene transition. The content of the book represents the results achieved by Project no. 174 on ``Geological Events at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary'' of the International Geological Correlation Program, sponsored by UNESCO. The project was carried out over a five year period and has provided a wealth of new and interesting information.
Terminal Eocene Events
Title | Terminal Eocene Events PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Pomerol |
Publisher | |
Pages | 414 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Eocene-Oligocene boundary |
ISBN | 9780444411426 |
The Eocene-Oligocene Transition
Title | The Eocene-Oligocene Transition PDF eBook |
Author | Donald R. Prothero |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780231080910 |
After a decade of new findings and interpretation based on innovative techniques during the 1980s, archaeologists were pretty sure that 38 million years ago the earth still basked in a subtropical "greenhouse" that had lasted since the age of dinosaurs, but 5 million years later there were glaciers in the Antarctic, signalling the beginning of the "icehouse" state that we know now. Here is a summary of the present understanding of the climatic and biological changes, for nonspecialists who have some familiarity with the terms and concepts of archaeology. Paper edition (08091-3), $24. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Terminal Eocene Events
Title | Terminal Eocene Events PDF eBook |
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Release | 1983 |
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Eocene Oligocene Boundary Events
Title | Eocene Oligocene Boundary Events PDF eBook |
Author | P. Kumar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1984 |
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The Eocene-Oligocene Boundary in the Marche-Umbria Basin (Italy)
Title | The Eocene-Oligocene Boundary in the Marche-Umbria Basin (Italy) PDF eBook |
Author | I. Premoli-Silva |
Publisher | |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Geology |
ISBN |
The Late Eocene Earth
Title | The Late Eocene Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Christian Koeberl |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 081372452X |
The Late Eocene and the Eocene-Oligocene (E-O) transition mark the most profound oceanographic and climatic changes of the past 50 million years of Earth history, with cooling beginning in the middle Eocene and culminating in the major earliest Oligocene Oi-1 isotopic event. The Late Eocene is characterized by an accelerated global cooling, with a sharp temperature drop near the E-O boundary, and significant stepwise floral and faunal turnovers. These global climate changes are commonly attributed to the expansion of the Antarctic ice cap following its gradual isolation from other continental masses. However, multiple extraterrestrial bolide impacts, possibly related to a comet shower that lasted more than 2 million years, may have played an important role in deteriorating the global climate at that time. This book provides an up-to-date review of what happened on Earth at the end of the Eocene Epoch.