Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World

by Dorrik Stow

Book Overview

Six million years ago, a vast ocean--which scientists have named Tethys--vanished from the face of the earth. How could such a huge body of water simply disappear? More interesting, how is it possible for scientists to know with certainty that Tethys existed for a quarter of a billion years, a period that includes the entire "Age of Dinosaurs" and almost all of the "Age of Mammals," right up to the point when our distant ancestors began to walk upright...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019921428X
• ISBN13: 9780199214280
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"