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Antarctic Paleobiology

Its Role in the Reconstruction of Gondwana

Erschienen am 17.09.2011, 1. Auflage 1990
Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9781461279297
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: x, 261 S.
Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Beschreibung

Inhaltsangabe1. Depositional Setting of Late Carboniferous to Triassic Biota in the Transantarctic Basin.- 2. Gondwanan Paleogeography and Paleoclimatology.- 3. Reconstructing High-Latitude Cretaceous Vegetation and Climate: Arctic and Antarctic Compared.- 4. The South Polar Forest Ecosystem.- 5. Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrate Faunas of Antarctica.- 6. Proterozoic and Paleozoic Palynology of Antarctica: A Review.- 7. Cretaceous and Tertiary Vegetation of Antarctica: A Palynological Perspective.- 8. Silurian-Devonian Paleobotany: Problems, Progress, and Potential.- 9. Plant Distribution in Gondwana During the Late Paleozoic.- 10. Gondwana Floras of India and Antarctica: A Survey and Appraisal.- 11. Structurally Preserved Permian and Triassic Floras from Antarctica.- 12. PermineralizedGlossopteris and Dicroidium from Antarctica.- 13. Comments on the Role of Cycadophytes in Antarctic Fossil Floras.- 14. Antarctic and Gondwana Conifers.- 15. Cretaceous Paleobotany and Its Bearing on the Biogeography of Austral Angiosperms.- Bibliography of Antarctic Paleobotany and Palynology.