Late Paleocene-early Eocene Climatic and Biotic Events in the Marine and Terrestrial Records
Late Paleocene-early Eocene Climatic and Biotic Events in the Marine and Terrestrial Records

Author: Marie-Pierre Aubry

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 0231102380

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This book is a comprehensive collection of the best scholarship available on the transition between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs--when the earth experienced the warmest climatic episode of the Cenozoic era. These 21 contributions detail the major turnover among marine and terrestrial organisms that resulted from sudden global warming.

The Late Eocene Earth
The Late Eocene Earth

Author: Christian Koeberl

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 081372452X

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The Late Eocene and the Eocene-Oligocene (E-O) transition mark the most profound oceanographic and climatic changes of the past 50 million years of Earth history, with cooling beginning in the middle Eocene and culminating in the major earliest Oligocene Oi-1 isotopic event. The Late Eocene is characterized by an accelerated global cooling, with a sharp temperature drop near the E-O boundary, and significant stepwise floral and faunal turnovers. These global climate changes are commonly attributed to the expansion of the Antarctic ice cap following its gradual isolation from other continental masses. However, multiple extraterrestrial bolide impacts, possibly related to a comet shower that lasted more than 2 million years, may have played an important role in deteriorating the global climate at that time. This book provides an up-to-date review of what happened on Earth at the end of the Eocene Epoch.

Eocene
Eocene

Author: Maryland Geological Survey

Publisher:

Published: 1901

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13:

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The Eocene-Oligocene Transition
The Eocene-Oligocene Transition

Author: Donald R. Prothero

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780231080910

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After a decade of new findings and interpretation based on innovative techniques during the 1980s, archaeologists were pretty sure that 38 million years ago the earth still basked in a subtropical "greenhouse" that had lasted since the age of dinosaurs, but 5 million years later there were glaciers in the Antarctic, signalling the beginning of the "icehouse" state that we know now. Here is a summary of the present understanding of the climatic and biological changes, for nonspecialists who have some familiarity with the terms and concepts of archaeology. Paper edition (08091-3), $24. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado
Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado

Author: Herbert William Meyer

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 081372435X

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The Florissant formation's fossil beds and petrified forest are interesting in themselves but also shed light on questions of paleoecology, macroevolution, and taphonomy (the study of the process of fossilization). Meyer (National Park Service. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado) and Smith (U. of Colorado Museum of Natural History--Paleontology/geological sciences, UC, Boulder) introduce 11 papers examining Florissant fossil flora, fauna, mineralogy and geochemistry through different periods and via a model of the role of microbial mats in its preservation. An integrated database/Web site to further related research is also discussed. The monograph is well-illustrated with geologic maps and images of historical figures in the field and specimens, but is not indexed.

Terminal Eocene Events
Terminal Eocene Events

Author: C. Pomerol

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-09-22

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 0080868509

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The papers in this volume provide an exhaustive inventory and description of the most complete sedimentary sequences across the Eocene-Oligocene Boundary (EOB) from all over the world, and present a synthesis of the biotic and chemico-physical events detected at the Eocene-Oligocene transition. The content of the book represents the results achieved by Project no. 174 on ``Geological Events at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary'' of the International Geological Correlation Program, sponsored by UNESCO. The project was carried out over a five year period and has provided a wealth of new and interesting information.