The Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Paradise Lost

The Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Paradise Lost
ISBN-10
0231080913
ISBN-13
9780231080910
Category
Science
Pages
314
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Donald R. Prothero

Description

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

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