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The Cretaceous world
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The geological record of the Cretaceous Period reveals a world that experienced extreme climatic warmth and significantly higher global sea-levels than today. It therefore provides a natural case s...
The geological record of the Cretaceous Period reveals a world that experienced extreme climatic warmth and significantly higher global sea-levels than today. It therefore provides a natural case study of the Earth in "greenhouse" climatic mode, which this interdisciplinary work analyses from the perspective of earth system science. [back cover].
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- Creator
- edited by Peter W. Skelton ; authors, Peter W. Skelton [and others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Milton Keynes, U.K. : Open University ; Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003
- Physical Details
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- 360 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 0521831121, 9780521831123, 0521538432, 9780521538435
- OCLC
- ocm52286415
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Survey of the Cretaceous world. Introduction to the Cretaceous ; The mobile palaeogeographical framework ; Fluctuating sea-level ; Changing climate and biota ; Changing climate and biota : the marine record -- The workings of the Cretaceous world. Biogeochemical cycles ; Volcanic inputs ; The operation of the major geological carbon sinks ; The Lost World rediscovered -- The end of an era. The end-Cretaceous mass extinction ; Seeking an explanation ; The 'smoking gun' ; The effects of the Chicxulub impact