Nearshore marine paleoclimatic regions, increasing zoogeographic provinciality, molluscan extinctions, and paleoshorelines, California : late Oligocene (27 Ma) to late Pliocene (2.5 Ma) /
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| Author / Creator: | Hall, Clarence A. |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2002. |
| Description: | viii, 489 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Special paper ; 357 Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 357. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4855490 |
| Summary: | This volume depicts the distribution of ancient marine basins in western California from the late Oligocene to the late Pliocene periods. In addition, it shows positive feedback mechanisms between paleolatitudinal changes in sea-surface paleotemperature gradients and changes in the diversity of marine mollusks along the California coast through time; uses effective temperature to define "equable" nearshore marine water masses; and analyzes extinction rates among macroinvertebrate marine taxa from coastal California and the possible causes of these extinctions. The slipcase contains 19 folded maps and the codex. Clarence A. Hall, Jr. is a member of the department of earth and space sciences, UCLA. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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| Item Description: | Issued in slipcase; accompanied by 19 folded col. leaves of plates. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 489 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-489). |
| ISBN: | 0813723574 |
