Climate Modes of the Phanerozoic

The evolution of the Earth's climate throughout the past 600 million years is examined by assessing the most up-to-date information on the warm and cold states of the Earth's past climates. These studies help determine the major mechanisms of climate change on a geological time scale.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The early Cambrian to late Ordovician warm mode; 2. The late Ordovician to early Silurian cool mode; 3. The late Silurian to early Carboniferous warm mode; 4. The early Carboniferous to late Permian cool mode; 5. The late Permian to middle Jurassic warm mode; 6. The middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous cool mode; 7. The late Cretaceous to early Tertiary warm mode; 8. The Cenozoic cool mode: early Eocene - late Miocene; 9. The Cenozoic cool mode: late Miocene - Holocene; 10. Causes and chronology of climate change; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

The evolution of the Earth's climate throughout the past 600 million years is examined by assessing the information on the warm and cold states of the Earth's past climates. The studies in this 1992 book will help determine the major mechanisms of climate change on a geological time scale.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence A. Frakes, Frakes Lawrence A., Jane E. Francis, Francis Jane E., Jozef I. Syktus, Syktus Jozef I.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.1992
• EAN: 9780521366274
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36627-4
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 256 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 730 g
• Illustrations: 50 b/w illus., Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Evolution, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Palaeontology