The Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Paradise Lost

By Donald R. Prothero

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231080913
• ISBN13: 9780231080910
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher