Lawrence A. Frakes, Jane E. Francis, Jozef I. Syktus

Climate Modes of the Phanerozoic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The evolution of the Earth's climate throughout the past 600 million years is examined by assessing the most up-to-date information on the warm and cold states of the Earth's past climates. These studies help determine the major mechanisms of climate change on a geological time scale.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780521021944
• ISBN-10: 0521021944
• Artikelnr.: 21050119

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. The early Cambrian to late Ordovician warm mode
2. The late Ordovician to early Silurian cool mode
3. The late Silurian to early Carboniferous warm mode
4. The early Carboniferous to late Permian cool mode
5. The late Permian to middle Jurassic warm mode
6. The middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous cool mode
7. The late Cretaceous to early Tertiary warm mode
8. The Cenozoic cool mode: early Eocene - late Miocene
9. The Cenozoic cool mode: late Miocene - Holocene
10. Causes and chronology of climate change
Bibliography
Index.