10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE EOCENE»
Discover the use of
the Eocene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Eocene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Paradise Lost
The text relates how, during a period of global cooling, the planet's climate and vegetation changed dramatically.
2
The Terrestrial
Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America
This is the first comprehensive treatment of these topics in over sixty years, and will be invaluable to vertebrate paleontologists, geologists, mammalogists and evolutionary biologists.
Donald R. Prothero, Robert J. Emry, 2005
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The Eocene Thunder Mountain Flora of Central Idaho
An Eocene (45 Ma) flora from Thunder Mountain caldera shows that montane conifer forest species from upper slopes descended to interfinger with mixed conifer-deciduous hardwood forest on the caldera floor then near 1700 m.
4
The Late
Eocene Earth: Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts
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 ...
Christian Koeberl, Alessandro Montanari, 2009
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The Eocene deposits of
the Middle Atlantic slope in ...
Both the Eocene and tbe Neocene divisions of the Tertiary in this area have
broad surface exposures and are represented by characteristic sections along
the leading waterways. Both are also highly fos- siliferous, although the Miocene
...
William Bullock Clark, 1896
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Hantkenina in
the Eocene of East Borneo
nensis Nuttall. Later he listed (5) the same species as common in the Uni-
versidad formation (Ypresian) together with H. mexicana Cushman, and stated
that both forms are rare in the Principe formation (Bartonian). The Middle Eocene
Jicotea ...
The author gives a description of the Upper Secondary and Tertiary formations,
but does not distinguish the Eocene. Clark, William Bullock. On three geological
excursions made during the months of October and November, 1887, into the ...
Maryland Geological Survey, William Bullock Clark, 1901
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Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution
The extinction of D. saipanensis was also used by Martini (1970) to characterize
the Eocene/ Oligocene boundary, and correlation was suggested by this author (
Martini, 1971) between the planktonic foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil ...
Donald R. Prothero, William A. Berggren, 2014
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The Beginning of
the Age of Mammals
Eocene/Oligocene Boundary The Eocene/Oligocene boundary in Europe was
long equated with a major episode of faunal turnover called the “Grande
Coupure” (Stehlin, 1909; Savage and Russell, 1983; Russell and Tobien, 1986;
Legendre, ...
10
Paleontology of
the Upper
Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado
In the John Day region of Oregon, it occurs before the oldest Bridge Creek flora,
dated at 33.62 Ma (right after the Eocene-Oligocene boundary). Thus, only two of
these four floral sequences (Eugene, Oregon, and Cedarville, California) clearly
...
Herbert William Meyer, Dena M. Smith, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE EOCENE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the Eocene is used in the context of the following news items.
'Jesus Lizard' Ancient Relative from Eocene Epoch Detailed in New …
While the reptiles are now native to Mexico and Colombia, the researchers said Wyoming had a much warmer, tropical climate during the Eocene epoch. «University Herald, Jul 15»
Antarctic Ice Sheet the Result of Decreased Carbon Dioxide …
"The Eocene-Oligocene transition was a major event in the history of the planet and our results really flip the whole story on its head," Matthew Huber of the UNH ... «Nature World News, Aug 14»
Russia's Popigai Meteor Crash Linked to Mass Extinction
The new age, which is later than other estimates, means the Eocene extinction ... first time flying space rocks have been implicated in the Eocene's mass die-offs. «LiveScience.com, Jun 14»
Parts of Antarctica were as Warm as Coastal California during …
Researchers found that certain parts of Antarctica had temperatures as high as 17 degrees Celsius (63F) during the Eocene period. According to the ... «Nature World News, Apr 14»
Ischyromyid rodents found from the Eocene of Erlian Basin in Nei …
The teeth of Asiomys appear consistent with some evolutionary trends observed in Middle Eocene North America ischyromyids. However, Asiomys differs from ... «Phys.Org, Dec 13»
50-Million-Year-Old Canada Rivaled Tropics in Diversity
During the Eocene period about 50 million years ago, Earth's climate was warmer on average, but also less seasonal. Tropics-style year-round stability stretched ... «LiveScience.com, Feb 13»
Eocene Big Bird Not so Scary, After All
In the Eocene world that emerged from the vestiges of the Late Cretaceous, giant avian dinosaurs left their mark on the landscape. I mean that literally. In the ... «Wired, Nov 12»
New Evidence Points To Tropical Times For Antarctic During …
The discovery opened a window into the climate of the Eocene epoch, when temperatures around Antarctica were between 65 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the ... «RedOrbit, Aug 12»
Ice sheets in Antarctica formed by massive fall in CO2
The research shows CO2 level plunged by 40 percent before and during the formation of the ice sheet 34 million years ago, during the Eocene to Oligocene ... «ZME Science, Dec 11»
Anthropologist Discovers New Fossil Primate Species in West Texas
Mescalerolemur lived during the Eocene Epoch about 43 million years ago, and would have most closely resembled a small present-day lemur. Mescalerolemur ... «University of Texas at Austin News, May 11»
