Download or read book Paleobiology and Paleoenvironments of Eocene Rocks written by Jeffrey D. Stilwell and published by American Geophysical Union. This book was released on 2000-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Antarctic Research Series, Volume 76. Michael K. Brett-Surman, George Washington University, observed that, "being a paleontologist is like being a coroner except all the witnesses are dead and all the evidence has been left out in the rain for 65 million years." In the study of paleontology in Antarctica it could also be added that, if not left out in the rain, most of the evidence remains buried beneath several thousand feet of ice. Elucidating the geologic history of the Antarctic continent will always be plagued with this problem. Nonetheless, numerous clever means have been used to extract as much information as is possible, and as presented in this volume. In this light, one of the most intriguing time intervals in Antarctic history is the Eocene Epoch. During this time, the climatic conditions deteriorated rapidly from the so-called "Greenhouse" conditions that dominated Earth's conditions from mid-Mesozoic time through the early Cenozoic to the "Icehouse" conditions that have dominated the climate since that time. Unfortunately, the record of Eocene rocks on the continent is sparse. On the Antarctic Peninsula, specifically on Seymour Island, a robust record of Eocene rocks and fossils has provided virtually all the information we possess about this time interval. Thus the discovery and description of Eocene erratic boulders in morainal deposits in the McMurdo Sound region provides only the second site on the entire continent where we can study the paleontology of this time interval. In all likelihood, the description of erratics containing fossils from any other place in the world would warrant little study and would attract even less attention. However, when most of the vast area of Antarctica lies beneath ice and when clues to the nature of the crust of that part of the continent can be extracted only from study of erratics, the discovery carries with it some excitement.
Download or read book Eocene Rocks Fossils and Geologic History Teton Range Northwestern Wyoming written by John David Love and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remnants of Eocene rocks along the modern Teton Range date the final uplift and subsidence of the ancestral Teton-Targhee arch, and determine direction of Eocene drainage.
Download or read book Geology Paleontology and Correlation of Eocene Volcaniclastic Rocks Southeast Absaroka Range Hot Springs County Wyoming written by Thomas M. Bown and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relations of Eocene volcaniclastic rocks and Eocene fossils date the sedimentary and structural evolution of the Southeast Absaroka Range, clarify correlations with adjacent areas, an aid in timing large-scale events of gravity faulting.
Download or read book Eocene Rocks Fossils and Geologic History Teton Range Northwestern Wyoming written by John David Love and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remnant of Eocene rocks along the modern Teton Range date the final uplift and subsidence of the ancestral Teton-Targhee arch, and determine direction of Eocene drainage.
Download or read book Geology Paleontology and Correlation of Eocene Volcaniclastic Rocks Southeast Absaroka Range Hot Springs County Wyoming written by Thomas M. Bown and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sedimentology and Paleontology of Eocene Rocks in the Sespe Creek Area Ventura County California written by A. Eugene Fritsche and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation Colorado written by Herbert William Meyer and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Florissant formation's fossil beds and petrified forest are interesting in themselves but also shed light on questions of paleoecology, macroevolution, and taphonomy (the study of the process of fossilization). Meyer (National Park Service. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado) and Smith (U. of Colorado Museum of Natural History--Paleontology/geological sciences, UC, Boulder) introduce 11 papers examining Florissant fossil flora, fauna, mineralogy and geochemistry through different periods and via a model of the role of microbial mats in its preservation. An integrated database/Web site to further related research is also discussed. The monograph is well-illustrated with geologic maps and images of historical figures in the field and specimens, but is not indexed.
Download or read book Paleoenvironments and Paleoecology of the Eocene Green River Formation Wyoming written by H. Paul Buchheim and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Eocene Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution written by Donald R. Prothero and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs was the most significant event in earth history since the extinction of dinosaurs. As the first Antarctic ice sheets appeared, major extinctions and faunal turnovers took place on the land and in the sea, eliminating forms adapted to a tropical world and replacing them with the ancestors of most of our modern animal and plant life. Through a detailed study of climatic conditions and of organisms buried in Eocene-Oligocene sediments, this volume shows that the separation of Antarctica from Australia was a critical factor in changing oceanic circulation and ultimately world climate. In this book forty-eight leading scientists examine the full range of Eocene and Oligocene phenomena. Their articles cover nearly every major group of organisms in the ocean and on land and include evidence from paleontology, stable isotopes, sedimentology, seismology, and computer climatic modeling. The volume concludes with an update of the geochronologic framework of the late Paleogene. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book Eocene written by Maryland Geological Survey and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Paleontology of Gran Barranca written by Richard H. Madden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of new information on the diversity, evolution and geochronology of the uniquely complete fossil record of Gran Barranca.
Download or read book Geology Paleontology and Correlation of Eocene Volcaniclastic Rocks Southeast Absaroka Range Hot Springs County Wyoming U S Dep of the Interior written by Thomas Michael Bown and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene Paleoceanography of the Southern Ocean written by Steven Michael Bohaty and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Description and Correlation of Eocene Rocks in Stratigraphic Reference Sections for the Green River and Washakie Basins Southwest Wyoming Includes Analyses of Eocene Rocks in the Washakie Basin written by Henry W. Roehler and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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