Resolving the late Paleozoic ice age in time and space
By: edited by Christopher R. Fielding, Tracy D. Frank, John L. Isbell.
Contributors: Fielding, C. R.; Frank, Tracy D.; Isbell, John L., 1958-
Series: The Geological Society of America special paper -- 441
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780813724416
Subjects: Glacial epoch; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Paleozoic
Description: "This volume summarizes new developments in understanding the longest-lived icehouse period in Phanerozoic Earth history, the late Paleozoic ice age. Resolving the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Time and Space provides summaries of existing and new data from the various Gondwanan continental relics, and also reviews stratigraphic successions from the paleotropical and temperate regions of Laurussia that preserve an indirect record of glaciation. It addresses the extent to which records of glaciation indicate protracted, long-term climatic austerity, as opposed to fluctuating, more dynamic climate, and provides new constraints on the timing of glaciation. Additionally, it tackles questions of synchroneity of glaciation across the various Gondwanan continental relics, and timing relationships between near-field and far-field records at greater levels of resolution than has been possible previously. Results point toward a dynamic icehouse regime that is comparable to the Cenozoic icehouse, and away from traditional interpretations of the late Paleozoic ice age as a single, protracted event that involved stable, long-lived ice centers."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.