Cretaceous Environments of Asia (Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy)
Contributors: H. Okada (Editor); N.-J. Mateer (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: March 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780444502766
Subjects: Geology & the lithosphere; Stratigraphic Geology; Stratigraphic Paleontology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Science / Geology; Paleontology; Asia; Cretaceous; Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic
First sentence: Cretaceous deposits of East Russia occupy a broad area extending from Chukotka to Primorye, a distance of more than 4500 km.
Description: "This book presents a synthesis of the principal environmental characteristics of the Cretaceous in East and South Asia. The research was accomplished under IGCP project 350, which deals with the biological, climatological and physical environments of this region during the Cretaceous. The records incorporated in this book present a wealth of marine and nonmarine data on climate, biotic diversity, circulation and chemistry of the ocean as well as fundamental plume tectonism. The latter appears to have caused much of the environmental change in this broad region, including both an enhanced greenhouse effect and high sea levels." "Audience: For stratigraphers, paleontologists and environmental geologists."--Jacket.