The Eocene-Oligocene Transition

Paradise Lost

By: Donald R. Prothero

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Paperback | 28 July 1994 | Edition Number 1

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Describes the Eocene-Oligocene extinctions, an important turning-point in Earth history approximately 40 million years ago, when the first signs of Antarctic glaciation appeared. The text relates how, during a period of global cooling, the planet's climate and vegetation changed dramatically.

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Prothero has the rare knack of being able to turn a period of Earth history into an enjoyable and readable book of the science and events. Geoscientist Prothero is an expert on fossil mammals, their environments, and the means to date them, but he has enlarged that perspective to include discussions of such topics as extinctions in general, especially those potentially caused by asteroid impacts... Highly recommended. Choice

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs: The Early Eocene	p. 1
The Jungles of Wyoming	p. 2
An Early Eocene Menagerie	p. 6
The Palmy, Balmy Polar Regions	p. 16
The Tropical Tethys	p. 22
An Eocene Garden of Eden?	p. 29
Dawn of the Recent	p. 37
Lyell's Percentages	p. 40
Microfossils and Modern Time Scales	p. 45
Decaying Atoms	p. 47
Magnetic Reversals	p. 50
The (superscript 40)Ar/(superscript 39)Ar Revolution	p. 58
The Terrestrial Record	p. 62
The Cooling Begins: The Middle Eocene	p. 73
Messages from Oxygen and Carbon	p. 74
Middle Eocene Marine Life	p. 79
Floral Fluctuations	p. 88
Bridger, Uinta, and Duchesne River	p. 95
The Asian Connection	p. 117
European Eocene Archipelagos	p. 120
Terminal Eocene Event?	p. 129
Scientific Fads and Mass Extinctions	p. 130
How Many Impacts? Did They Really Matter?	p. 137
Boundary Disputes	p. 143
Late Eocene Rebound: Calm Before the Storm	p. 151
Brontothere Boneyards	p. 153
The Big Chill: The Oligocene	p. 167
The Earliest Oligocene Climatic Deterioration in North America	p. 175
La Grande Coupure	p. 189
Asian Giants	p. 194
Lost Worlds: Africa, Australia, South America	p. 200
The Bigger Chill of the Mid-Oligocene	p. 206
Mid-Oligocene Survivors	p. 212
Miocene Recovery	p. 219
Glaciers, Volcanoes, or Asteroids?	p. 225
Not with a Bang but a Whimper	p. 225
The Search for a Cause	p. 229
The "Doubt House" World	p. 235
The Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs - Once Again	p. 237
Conclusion	p. 243
References	p. 249
Index	p. 285
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