Author: Jack A. WolfePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Method of Obtaining Climatic Parameters from Leaf Assemblages
Author: Jack A. WolfePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Method of Obtaining Climatic Parameters from Leaf Assemblages
Author: Jack A. WolfeU.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: Methods in Paleoecology
Author: Darin A. CroftPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319942654
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
This volume focuses on the reconstruction of past ecosystems and provides a comprehensive review of current techniques and their application in exemplar studies. The 18 chapters address a wide variety of topics that span vertebrate paleobiology and paleoecology (body mass, postcranial functional morphology, evolutionary dental morphology, microwear and mesowear, ecomorphology, mammal community structure analysis), contextual paleoenvironmental studies (paleosols and sedimentology, ichnofossils, pollen, phytoliths, plant macrofossils), and special techniques (bone microstructure, biomineral isotopes, inorganic isotopes, 3-D morphometrics, and ecometric modeling). A final chapter discusses how to integrate results of these studies with taphonomic data in order to more accurately characterize an ancient ecosystem. Current investigators, advanced undergraduates, and graduate students interested in the field of paleoecology will find this book immensely useful. The length and structure of the volume also makes it suitable for teaching a college-level course on reconstructing Cenozoic ecosystems.
Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity
Author: Carina HoornPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111915989X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity: A comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis for students and researchers Mountains are topographically complex formations that play a fundamental role in regional and continental-scale climates. They are also cradles to all major river systems and home to unique, and often highly biodiverse and threatened, ecosystems. But how do all these processes tie together to form the patterns of diversity we see today? Written by leading researchers in the fields of geology, biology, climate, and geography, this book explores the relationship between mountain building and climate change, and how these processes shape biodiversity through time and space. In the first two sections, you will learn about the processes, theory, and methods connecting mountain building and biodiversity In the third section, you will read compelling examples from around the world exploring the links between mountains, climate and biodiversity Throughout the 31 peer-reviewed chapters, a non-technical style and synthetic illustrations make this book accessible to a wide audience A comprehensive glossary summarises the main concepts and terminology Readership: Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity is intended for students and researchers in geosciences, biology and geography. It is specifically compiled for those who are interested in historical biogeography, biodiversity and conservation.
Causes and Consequences of Globally Warm Climates in the Early Paleogene
Author: Scott L. WingPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813723693
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of North American Vegetation
Author: Alan GrahamPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195344375
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book is a unique and integrated account of the history of North American vegetation and paleoenvironments over the past 70 million years. It includes discussions of the modern plant communities, causal factors for environmental change, biotic response, and methodologies. The history reveals a North American vegetation that is vast, immensely complex, and dynamic.
Learning from the Land
Author: Linda M. HillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Utah)
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic
Author: Michael C. BoulterPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642793789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Fifty million years ago, the Arctic Ocean was a warm sea, bounded by lush vegetation of the warm-temperate shores of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and the Northwest Territories. Wind and storms were rare because Atlantic weather systems had not developed but, as today, polar day length added a hostile element to this otherwise tranquil climate. With the aid of scientists from all the countries close to the Arctic Circle, this book describes the palaeontology, the statistical analysis of vegetational features, comparisons with atmospheric, marine, and geological features and some of the first models of plant migration developed from newly constructed databases.
From Greenhouse to Icehouse
Author: Donald R. ProtheroPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231127162
Category : Eocene-Oligocene boundary
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
The marine Eocene-Oligocene transition of 34 million years ago was a critical turning point in Earth's climatic history, when the warm, high-diversity "greenhouse" world of the early Eocene ceded to the glacial, "icehouse" conditions of the early Oligocene. This book surveys the advances in stratigraphic and paleontological research and isotopic analysis made since 1989 in regard to marine deposits around the world. In particular, it summarizes the high-resolution details of the so-called doubthouse interval (roughly 45 to 34 million years ago), which is critical to testing climatic and evolutionary hypotheses about the Eocene deterioration. The authors' goals are to discuss the latest information concerning climatic and oceanographic change associated with this transition and to examine geographic and taxonomic patterns in biotic turnover that provide clues about where, when, and how fast these environmental changes happened. They address a range of topics, including the tectonic and paleogeographic setting of the Paleogene; specific issues related to the stratigraphy of shelf deposits; advances in recognizing and correlating boundary sections; trends in the expression of climate change; and patterns of faunal and floral turnover. In the process, they produce a valuable synthesis of patterns of change by latitude and environment.