Effects of past global change on life /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995. |
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| Description: | xiv, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in geophysics. |
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| Format: | U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1738517 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Oxygen and Proterozoic Evolution: An Update / Andrew H. Knoll and Heinrich D. Holland
- 2. Impact of Late Ordovician Glaciation-Deglaciation on Marine Life / W. B. N. Berry, M. S. Quinby-Hunt and P. Wilde
- 3. Global Change Leading to Biodiversity Crisis in a Greenhouse World: The Cenomanian-Turonian (Cretaceous) Mass Extinction / Earle G. Kauffman
- 4. Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) Mass Extinction: Effect of Global Change on Calcareous Microplankton / Gerta Keller and Katharina v. Salis Perch-Nielsen
- 5. Terminal Paleocene Mass Extinction in the Deep Sea: Association with Global Warming / James P. Kennett and Lowell D. Stott
- 6. Tropical Climate Stability and Implications for the Distribution of Life / Eric J. Barron
- 7. Neogene Ice Age in the North Atlantic Region: Climatic Changes, Biotic Effects, and Forcing Factors / Steven M. Stanley and William F. Ruddiman
- 8. The Response of Hierarchically Structured Ecosystems to Long-Term Climatic Change: A Case Study Using Tropical Peat Swamps of Pennsylvanian Age / William A. DiMichele and Tom L. Phillips
- 9. The Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of Vegetation and Climate at Northern and Southern High Latitudes: A Comparison / Rosemary A. Askin and Robert A. Spicer
- 10. The Impact of Climatic Changes on the Development of the Australian Flora / David C. Christophel
- 11. Global Climatic Influence on Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas / S. David Webb and Neil D. Opdyke
- 12. Biotic Responses to Temperature and Salinity Changes During Last Deglaciation, Gulf of Mexico / Benjamin P. Flower and James P. Kennett
- 13. Pollen Records of Late Quaternary Vegetation Change: Plant Community Rearrangements and Evolutionary Implications / Thompson Webb III
- 14. Climatic Forcing and the Origin of the Human Genus / Steven M. Stanley.
