Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution

by William A. Berggren

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691604959
• ISBN13: 9780691604954
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"