Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution

Published by Princeton University Press 1992

Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution

Edited by: Donald R. Prothero and William A. Berggren

Volume 135 in the series Princeton Series in Geology and Paleontology

In the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400862924

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The transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs was the most significant event in earth history since the extinction of dinosaurs. As the first Antarctic ice sheets appeared, major extinctions and faunal turnovers took place on the land and in the sea, eliminating forms adapted to a tropical world and replacing them with the ancestors of most of our modern animal and plant life. Through a detailed study of climatic conditions and of organisms buried in Eocene-Oligocene sediments, this volume shows that the separation of Antarctica from Australia was a critical factor in changing oceanic circulation and ultimately world climate. In this book forty-eight leading scientists examine the full range of Eocene and Oligocene phenomena. Their articles cover nearly every major group of organisms in the ocean and on land and include evidence from paleontology, stable isotopes, sedimentology, seismology, and computer climatic modeling. The volume concludes with an update of the geochronologic framework of the late Paleogene.

Originally published in 1992.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
EOCENE-OLIGOCENE CLIMATIC AND BIOTIC EVOLUTION: AN OVERVIEW William A. Berggren and Donald R. Prothero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I: THE CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
1. Toward a Revised Paleogene Geochronology William A. Berggren, Dennis V. Kent, John D. Obradovich and Carl C. Swisher III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2. Magnetostratigraphy and Geochronology of the Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America Donald R. Prothero and Carl C. Swisher III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
3. Magnetostratigraphy of the Lower and Middle Members of the Devil's Graveyard Formation (Middle Eocene), Trans-Pecos Texas Anne H. Walton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
4. Redefinition of the Duchesnean Land Mammal “Age,” Late Eocene of Western North America Spencer G. Lucas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
5. Mammalian Range Zones in the Chadronian White River Formation at Flagstaff Rim, Wyoming Robert J. Emry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
6. Eocene-Oligocene Climatic Change in North America: The White River Formation near Douglas, East-Central Wyoming Emmett Evanoff, Donald R. Prothero and R.H. Lander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
PART II: CLIMATIC EVENTS
7. Evidence from the Antarctic Continental Margin of Late Paleogene Ice Sheets: A Manifestation of Plate Reorganization and Synchronous Changes in Atmospheric Circulation over the Emerging Southern Ocean? Louis R. Bartek, Lisa Cirbus Sloan, John B. Anderson and Malcolm I. Ross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
8. Middle Eocene to Oligocene Stable Isotopes, Climate, and Deep-Water History: The Terminal Eocene Event? Kenneth G. Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
9. Late Eocene and Early Oligocene in Southern Australia: Local Neritic Signals of Global Oceanic Changes Brian McGowran, Graham Moss and Amanda Beecroft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
10. Paleogene Climatic Evolution: A Climate Model Investigation of the Influence of Continental Elevation and Sea-Surface Temperature upon Continental Climate Cirbus Sloan and Eric J. Barron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
PART III: THE MARINE RECORD
11. Eocene-Oligocene Faunal Turnover in Planktic Foraminifera, and Antarctic Glaciation Gerta Keller, Norman MacLeod and Enriqueta Barrera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
12. Middle Eocene-Late Oligocene Bathyal Benthic Foraminifera (Weddell Sea): Faunal Changes and Implications for Ocean Circulation Ellen Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
13. Late Paleogene Calcareous Nannoplankton Evolution: A Tale of Climatic Deterioration Marie-Pierre Aubry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
14. Middle Eocene through Early Miocene Diatom Floral Turnover Jack G. Baldauf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
15. Late Paleogene Dinoflagellate Cysts with Special Reference to the Eocene/ Oligocene Boundary Henk Brinkhuis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
16. The Patterns and Causes of Molluscan Extinction across the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary Thor Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
17. Evolution of Paleogene Echinoids: A Global and Regional View Michael L. McKinney, Kenneth J. McNamara, Burchard D. Carter and Stephen K. Donovan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
18. Cetacean Evolution and Eocene/Oligocene Environments R. Ewan Fordyce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	368
PART IV: THE TERRESTRIAL RECORD
19. Paleosols and Changes in Climate and Vegetation across the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary Gregory J. Retallack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	382
20. Low-Biomass Vegetation in the Oligocene? Estella B. Leopold, Gengwu Liu and Scott Clay-Poole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
21. Climatic, Floristic, and Vegetational Changes near the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary in North America Jack A. Wolfe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
22. Vegetational and Floristic Changes around the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary in Western and Central Europe Margaret E. Collinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
23. Western North American Reptile and Amphibian Record across the Eocene/ Oligocene Boundary and Its Climatic Implications J. Howard Hutchison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	451
24. Mammalian Faunas in North America of Bridgerian to Early Arikareean “Ages” (Eocene and Oligocene) Richard K. Stucky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	464
25. British Mammalian Paleocommunities across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition and Their Environmental Implications J. J. Hooker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	494
26. The Evolution of Mammalian Faunas in Europe during the Eocene and Oligocene Serge Legendre and Jean-Louis Hartenberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	516
27. The Chinese Oligocene: A Preliminary Review of Mammalian Localities and Local Faunas Banyue Wang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	529
28. The Eocene-Oligocene Transition in Continental Africa D. Tab Rasmussen, Thomas M. Bown and Elwyn L. Simons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	548
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	567

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