Eocene-Oligocene climatic and biotic evolution /
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| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1992. |
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| Description: | xiv, 568 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton series in geology and paleontology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1388894 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution: An Overview
- Pt. I. The Chronological Framework
- 1. Toward a Revised Paleogene Geochronology
- 2. Magnetostratigraphy and Geochronology of the Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America
- 3. Magnetostratigraphy of the Lower and Middle Members of the Devil's Graveyard Formation (Middle Eocene), Trans-Pecos Texas
- 4. Redefinition of the Duchesnean Land Mammal "Age," Late Eocene of Western North America
- 5. Mammalian Range Zones in the Chadronian White River Formation at Flagstaff Rim, Wyoming
- 6. Eocene-Oligocene Climatic Change in North America: The White River Formation near Douglas East-Central Wyoming
- Pt. II. Climatic Events
- 7. Evidence from the Antarctic Continental Margin of Late Paleogene Ice Sheets: A Manifestation of Plate Reorganization and Synchronous Changes in Atmospheric Circulation over the Emerging Southern Ocean?
- 8. Middle Eocene to Oligocene Stable Isotopes Climate, and Deep-Water History: The Terminal Eocene Event?
- 9. Late Eocene and Early Oligocene in Southern Australia: Local Neritic Signals of Global Oceanic Changes
- 10. Paleogene Climatic Evolution: A Climate Model Investigation of the Influence of Continental Elevation and Sea-Surface Temperature upon Continental Climate
- Pt. III. The Marine Record
- 11. Eocene-Oligocene Faunal Turnover in Planktic Foraminifera, and Antarctic Glaciation
- 12. Middle Eocene-Late Oligocene Bathyal Benthic Foraminifera (Weddell Sea): Faunal Changes and Implications for Ocean Circulation
- 13. Late Paleogene Calcareous Nannoplankton Evolution: A Tale of Climatic Deterioration
- 14. Middle Eocene through Early Miocene Diatom Floral Turnover
- 15. Late Paleogene Dinoflagellate Cysts with Special Reference to the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary
- 16. The Patterns and Causes of Molluscan Extinction across the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary
- 17. Evolution of Paleogene Echinoids: A Global and Regional View
- 18. Cetacean Evolution and Eocene/Oligocene Environments
- Pt. IV. The Terrestrial Record
- 19. Paleosols and Changes in Climate and Vegetation across the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary
- 20. Low-Biomass Vegetation in the Oligocene?
- 21. Climatic, Floristic, and Vegetational Changes near the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary in North America
- 22. Vegetational and Floristic Changes around the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary in Western and Central Europe
- 23. Western North American Reptile and Amphibian Record across the Eocene/ Oligocene Boundary and Its Climatic Implications
- 24. Mammalian Faunas in North America of Bridgerian to Early Ankareean "Ages" (Eocene and Oligocene)
- 25. British Mammalian Paleocommunities across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition and Their Environmental Implications
- 26. The Evolution of Mammalian Faunas in Europe during the Eocene and Oligocene
- 27. The Chinese Oligocene: A Preliminary Review of Mammalian Localities and Local Faunas
- 28. The Eocene-Oligocene Transition in Continental Africa
- Index
