The vegetation of Antarctica through geological time /

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"The fossil history of plant life in Antarctica is central to our understanding of the evolution of vegetation through geological time and also plays a key role in reconstructing past configurations of the continents and associated climatic conditions. This book provides the only detailed overv...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cantrill, David J., 1962-
Other Authors: Poole, Imogen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
From 345 to 405 million years ago
Plants > Evolution > Antarctica.
Plants, Fossil > Antarctica.
Paleobotany > Devonian.
Paleoecology > Devonian.
Paleontology > Devonian.
Geological time.
Plantes > Évolution > Antarctique.
Plantes fossiles > Antarctique.
Paléobotanique > Dévonien.
Paléoécologie > Dévonien.
Paléontologie > Dévonien.
Géochronologie.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
Devonian Geologic Period
Geological time
Paleobotany
Paleoecology
Paleontology
Plants > Evolution
Plants, Fossil
Fossile Pflanzen
Klimazeuge
Antarctica
Antarktis
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Historical background and geological framework
  • 2. Early and middle Paleozoic climates and colonisation of the land
  • 3. Collapsing ice sheets and evolving polar forests of the middle to late Paleozoic
  • 4. Icehouse to hothouse : floral turnover, the Permian-Triassic crisis and Triassic vegetation
  • 5. Gondwana break-up and landscape change across the Triassic-Jurassic transition and beyond
  • 6. Fern-conifer dominated early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) ecosystems and the angiosperm invasion
  • 7. The origin of southern temperate ecosystems
  • 8. The heat is on: Paleogene floras and the Paleocene-Eocene warm period
  • 9. After the heat: late Eocene to Pliocene climatic cooling and modification of the Antarctic.

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