Prothero / Berggren Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6292-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 584 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

No detailed description available for "Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution".

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prothero, Donald R.

Berggren, William A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors

Preface

Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution: An Overview 1

Pt. I The Chronological Framework

1 Toward a Revised Paleogene Geochronology 29

2 Magnetostratigraphy and Geochronology of the Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 46

3 Magnetostratigraphy of the Lower and Middle Members of the Devil's Graveyard Formation (Middle Eocene), Trans-Pecos Texas 74

4 Redefinition of the Duchesnean Land Mammal "Age," Late Eocene of Western North America 88

5 Mammalian Range Zones in the Chadronian White River Formation at Flagstaff Rim, Wyoming 106

6 Eocene-Oligocene Climatic Change in North America: The White River Formation near Douglas East-Central Wyoming 116

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? 131

8 Middle Eocene to Oligocene Stable Isotopes Climate, and Deep-Water History: The Terminal Eocene Event? 160

9 Late Eocene and Early Oligocene in Southern Australia: Local Neritic Signals of Global Oceanic Changes 178

10 Paleogene Climatic Evolution: A Climate Model Investigation of the Influence of Continental Elevation and Sea-Surface Temperature upon Continental Climate 202

Pt. III The Marine Record

11 Eocene-Oligocene Faunal Turnover in Planktic Foraminifera, and Antarctic Glaciation 218

12 Middle Eocene-Late Oligocene Bathyal Benthic Foraminifera (Weddell Sea): Faunal Changes and Implications for Ocean Circulation 245

13 Late Paleogene Calcareous Nannoplankton Evolution: A Tale of Climatic Deterioration 272

14 Middle Eocene through Early Miocene Diatom Floral Turnover 310

15 Late Paleogene Dinoflagellate Cysts with Special Reference to the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary 327

16 The Patterns and Causes of Molluscan Extinction across the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary 341

17 Evolution of Paleogene Echinoids: A Global and Regional View 349

18 Cetacean Evolution and Eocene/Oligocene Environments 368

Pt. IV The Terrestrial Record

19 Paleosols and Changes in Climate and Vegetation across the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary 382

20 Low-Biomass Vegetation in the Oligocene? 399

21 Climatic, Floristic, and Vegetational Changes near the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary in North America 421

22 Vegetational and Floristic Changes around the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary in Western and Central Europe 437

23 Western North American Reptile and Amphibian Record across the Eocene/ Oligocene Boundary and Its Climatic Implications 451

24 Mammalian Faunas in North America of Bridgerian to Early Ankareean "Ages" (Eocene and Oligocene) 464

25 British Mammalian Paleocommunities across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition and Their Environmental Implications 494

26 The Evolution of Mammalian Faunas in Europe during the Eocene and Oligocene 516

27 The Chinese Oligocene: A Preliminary Review of Mammalian Localities and Local Faunas 529

28 The Eocene-Oligocene Transition in Continental Africa 548

Index 567