Plants and the K-T Boundary
Contributors: Johnson, Kirk R.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780511398568
Subjects: Plants; Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary; Paleobotany; Paleontology
Description: A study of the fate of plants during the 'great extinction' 65 million years ago.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; PART I BACKGROUND; 1 Introduction; 2 Resolution of the K-T boundary; 3 Using fossil plants to study the K-T boundary; 4 Brief history of K-T boundary paleobotany and palynology; 5 Overview of latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene vegetation; PART II REGIONAL CASE STUDIES; 6 Williston Basin; title: the most complete K-T sections known; 7 Other North American records; 8 Eurasia; 9 The remnants of Gondwana; PART III INTERPRETATIONS; 10 Assessment of the K-T boundary event; 11 Evaluation of scenarios for the K-T boundary event.