10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE PLIOCENE»
Discover the use of
the Pliocene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Pliocene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Thus begins this dazzling fantasy novel that invites comparisons with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Quin.
Inside there is a descriptive listing of all the characters, a chronology, the author’s original maps, three interviews with Julian May herself, and a selective bibliography.
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Molluscan Palaeontology of
the Pliocene-Pleistocene Kap ...
Age Our age estimate for the Kap Kobenhavn Formation and its correlation with
the marine isotope stratigraphy is shown on Fig. 4. In comparison with Upper
Pliocene and Pleistocene faunas in other parts of Greenland, Iceland, Northwest
...
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Acoustic Impedance Inversion and AVO Analysis on
the ...
Amplitude-versus-offset (AVO) attribute analysis, AVO elastic impedance (EI) inversion, and various acoustic impedance (AI) inversion techniques were applied on the 3-D land seismic data from the Rio Bravo oil and gas field located in the ...
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The Nonborn King: Volume III in
the Saga of
Pliocene Exile
The story began with a group of talented misfits from the Galactic Milieu of 2110 A.D. who passed through a time portal, hoping to find an idyllic world six million years ago in Earth's Pliocene Epoch.
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Pliocene Carbonates and Related Facies Flanking
the Gulf of ...
Some basin units was described by McFall (1968) ritela imperialis) indicate the
age of the Infierno Formation as as an interstratified set of sandstone, mudstone,
and coquina and late Pliocene. assigned to the Pliocene Infierno Formation.
Markes E. Johnson, Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez, 1997
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Lower
Pliocene Mollusks and Echinoids from
the Los Angeles ...
Many California geologists have been loath to think, however, that the depth of
the water in the Pliocene basins was nearly as great as in the modern basins.
According to the interpretation of the depth facies of the larger Repetto fossils
from ...
Wendell Phillips Woodring, 1938
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Late Cenozoic Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang, Red River, and Dali ...
Locally between these two tectonic units, the Pliocene strata rest on fault-
bounded slivers of Permian limestone and Mesozoic granitic rocks derived from
south of the Ailao Shan metamorphic rocks, and the strata are not offset by the
faults that ...
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Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments
cooler ocean temperatures off the southeastern and mid- Atlantic coast of the
USA during the Pliocene were a result of enhanced upwelling driven by the Gulf
Stream. Billups et al. (1998) speculated that positive feedbacks involving
Southern ...
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Pliocene & Pleistocene Mollusks from
the Santee-Cooper Area, ...
In other words the sea covered the area at least twice since the beginning of the
Pliocene. This does not seem likely since the material was mixed indiscriminately
throughout the pocket. However, if this theory is accepted, we have the first ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE PLIOCENE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the Pliocene is used in the context of the following news items.
NOAA: Carbon Wise, We Are Back in the Pliocene Era
Highest carbon emissions The global average concentration of the greenhouse gas surpassed 400 parts per million in March this year. These levels haven't ... «The Green Optimistic, May 15»
The Pliocene called. It wants its CO2 levels back.
The history is hazier beyond that, but research suggests CO2 levels haven't been this high since the Pliocene Epoch, which ended about 3 million years ago. «Mother Nature Network, May 15»
Julian May: The Saga of the Pliocene Exile
The Many-Colored Land Julian May's Saga of the Pliocene Exile is a collection of four books: The Many Colored Land, The Golden Torc, The Non-Born King, ... «Patheos, May 15»
Llallawavis Scagliai: A Four-Foot Tall Terror Bird From 3.5 Million …
The new species of phorusrhacids known as Llallawavis scagliai lived in Argentina during the Pliocene period. Its nearly complete skeleton reveals that this ... «Tech Times, Apr 15»
Hot tropical oceans during Pliocene greenhouse warming
The Pliocene is of particular interest because CO2 concentrations then were thought to have been about 400 parts per million, the highest level of the past 5 ... «Phys.Org, Jun 14»
Why the Pliocene was so hot
Dynamic atmospheric chemistry played an important role in the warm climates of the Pliocene period. These findings help to explain why the Pliocene was 2-3C ... «The Conversation, Feb 14»
Yale study: Forest emissions, wildfires explain why ancient Earth …
These findings help explain why the Pliocene was two to three degrees C ... Forest cover was vastly greater during the Pliocene, a period marked not just by ... «Yale Environment 360, Feb 14»
Comparing models to Pliocene climate, when CO 2 was last this high
In a way, the Pliocene gives us the results of the experiment we're (unintentionally) running today. That is, what does the Earth look like with around 400 parts ... «Ars Technica, Sep 13»
Ice-Free Arctic Was Responsible For Super-Warm Pliocene Epoch …
A year-round, ice-free Arctic Ocean could help to explain why the Earth is known to have been significantly warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than the ... «PlanetSave.com, Jul 13»
Ice-free Arctic winters could explain amplified warming during …
Year-round ice-free conditions across the surface of the Arctic Ocean could explain why the Earth was substantially warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than it is ... «CU Boulder News & Events, Jul 13»
