Product Description

The marine Eocene-Oligocene transition of 49­34 million years ago was a critical turning point in Earth´s climatic history, when the warm, high-diversity "greenhouse" world of the early Eocene ceded to the glacial, "icehouse" conditions of the early Oligocene. This book surveys the advances in stratigraphic and paleontological research and isotopic analysis made since 1989 in regard to marine deposits on the coasts of North America. In particular, the book summarizes the high-resolution details of the so-called "doubthouse" interval, which is critical to testing climatic and evolutionary hypotheses about the Eocene deterioration.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1287407 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 376 pages

Review

"An excellent, provocative study on evolutionary change as it relates to extinction... a satisfying closure to a book that seeks to present so great a number of new ideas at once... The dedicated will walk away with an infinitely deeper comprehension of how and which circumstances have affected the environment in major ways -- leading the way toward a greater understanding of today's changing world." -- Sally Day, Fossil News

"This is a useful volume for graduate level students and scientific specialists...I would certainly recommend it." -- Alan M. Haywood, Antarctic Science

About the Author
Donald R. Prothero is professor of geology at Occidental College. He is the author of The Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Paradise Lost (Columbia, 1993), Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America and, Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology.

Elizabeth Nesbitt is Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Burke Museum and a member of the geological sciences faculty at the University of Washington.

Linda C. Ivany is assistant professor of Earth sciences at Syracuse University.