Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Plants and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
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Other authors / contributors: | Johnson, Kirk R., author.
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ISBN: | 9780511397028 051139702X 9780511535536 0511535538 9780511399596 0511399596 9780511398568 0511398565 9780521305631 0521305632 9780521835756 0521835755
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 29, 2020).
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Summary: | In Plants and the K-T Boundary, two of the world's leading experts in palynology and paleobotany provide a comprehensive account of the fate of land plants during the 'great extinction' about 65 million years ago. They describe how the time boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene Periods (the K-T boundary) is recognized in the geological record, and how fossil plants can be used to understand global events of that time. There are case studies from over 100 localities around the world, including North America, China, Russia and New Zealand. The book concludes with an evaluation of possible causes of the K-T boundary event and its effects on floras of the past and present. This book is written for researchers and students in paleontology, botany, geology and Earth history, and everyone who has been following the course of the extinction debate and the K-T boundary paradigm shift.
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Other form: | Print version: Nichols, Douglas J. Plants and the K-T boundary. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521835756 0521835755
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