The Cretaceous world /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press ; Milton Keynes, UK : Open University, 2003. |
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| Description: | 360 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4922542 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Survey of the Cretaceous World
- 1. Introduction to the Cretaceous
- 2. The mobile palaeogeographical framework
- 3. Fluctuating sea-level
- 4. Changing climate and biota
- 5. Changing climate and biota - the marine record
- Part II. The Workings of the Cretaceous World
- 6. Biogeochemical cycles
- 7. Volcanic inputs
- 8. The operation of major geological carbon sinks
- 9. The lost world rediscovered
- Part III. The End of an Era
- 10. The end-Cretaceous mass extinction
- 11. Seeking an explanation
- 12. The 'smoking gun'
- 13. The effects of the Chicxulub impact
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Index
