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Window Into the Jurassic World

Author: Nicholas G. McDonald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982590508
Category : Dinosaur State Park (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 105

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The Jurassic of the Circum-Pacific

Author: Gerd Ernst Gerold Westermann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521019927
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 696

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In this work, 60 specialists come together to discuss the regional occurrences of Jurassic rocks. Not only is this the first comprehensive synthesis of Jurassic geology and palaeontology, but it is in fact the only one of its kind for any geological system.

Jurassic Geology of the World

Author: William Joscelyn Arkell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
Pages : 870

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Fossils of the Jurassic Coast

Author: Samuel Scriven
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993110719
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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"This book is designed to take you on a journey through time as it explores the unique fossil record of the Jurassic Coast. It describes how life here changed and evolved during the Mesozonic Era and how fossils can be used to unlock Earth's history. As a guide it will help you to explore the World Heritage Site to discover these stories for yourself"--Page 2 de la couverture (verso de la première de couverture).

Jurassic Environments

Author: Hallam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521205557
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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A review of the advances in Jurassic studies from 1956 to 1975.

The Jurassic Period

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Languages : en
Pages : 134

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*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The early history of our planet covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries and even millennia become virtually meaningless. Instead paleontologists and scientists who study geochronology divide time into periods and eras. The current view of science is that planet Earth is around 4.6 billion years old. The first four billion years of its development are known as the Precambrian period. For the first billion years or so, there was no life in Earth. Then the first single-celled life-forms, early bacteria and algae, began to emerge. We don't know where they came from or even if they originated on this planet at all. This gradual development continued until around four billion years ago when suddenly (in geological terms!) more complex forms of life began to emerge. Scientists call this time of an explosion of new forms of life the Paleozoic Era and it stretched from around 541 to 250 million years ago (Mya). First of all, in the oceans and then on land, new creatures and plants began to appear in bewildering variety. By the end of this period, life on Earth had exploded into a myriad of complex forms that filled virtually every habitat and niche available in the seas and on the planet's only continent, Pangea. Then a mysterious event that became known to early paleontologists as "The Great Dying" wiped out more than 95% of all life on Earth. No-one is entirely certain what caused this, but the effect of this cataclysm was as if someone had pressed a great, cosmic "reset" button and it took thirty million years for the development of life on Earth to start again. The next period of Earth's history is known as the Mesozoic Era, from about 252 to 66 Mya. This era is further divided into three periods, the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. During this era, one type of life came to dominate the planet more completely and for a longer period than had been seen before or since; this was the Age of Reptiles. Beginning in the Triassic but especially in the Jurassic period, reptiles came to dominate the oceans, the land and even the skies. There has never been anything else quite like this period in terms of the success of a particular type of creature. For almost two hundred million years, reptiles were the only significant creatures on Earth. They were so successful and so diverse that they evolved to take advantage of every available habitat and no other type of large creature had a chance to develop. To put the 200 million years of reptile dominance in perspective, the entire span of recorded human history, the time since people advanced from tribes of primitive, nomadic hunter-gatherers into recognizable societies, covers less than 6,000 years. To put this in context, if the entire history of the planet were to be laid out on the length of a football field, the period of dominance of the age of reptiles would not begin until the five-yard line and would stretch for twelve feet. All of human history would occupy a tiny strip at the end of the field, less than the width of a human hair. It was during the Jurassic period that reptiles began rule the Earth and some of the best-known prehistoric creatures first emerged. The Jurassic Period: The History and Legacy of the Geologic Era Most Associated with Dinosaurs looks at the development of the era, the extinction events that preceded it, and how life began to evolve during it. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Jurassic Period like never before.

Tectonosedimentary Relations of Pennsylvanian to Jurassic Strata on the Colorado Plateau

Author: William R. Dickinson
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 081372533X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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"Following this discovery and further detrital-zircon studies of Mesozoic strata on the Colorado Plateau, Dr. Dickinson began preparing this volume in order to identify key aspects of the sedimentary and tectonic history of Mesozoic strata of the Colorado Plateau and directly adjacent areas. He divided the strata into seven depositional systems"--