From greenhouse to icehouse : the Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition
Discusses climatic and oceanographic change associated with marine Eocene-Oligocene transition, using geographic and taxonomic patterns in biotic turnover as clues for speed of environmental changes. Topics include tectonic and paleogeographic setting of Paleogene, stratigraphy of shelf deposits, patterns of floral and faunal turnover, boundary sections and trends in expression of climate change. Regions include high latitude North Pacific, Bering Sea, and Australian sector of Southern Ocean
Print Book, English, ©2003
Columbia University Press, New York, ©2003