Eocene-oligocene climatic and biotic evolution
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691604954
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
27,9 x 21,6 cm
Poids :
1332 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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 mos