The cretaceous period
The breakup of the former Pangea supercontinent culminated in the modern drifting
continents. Increased rifting caused the establishment of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle …
continents. Increased rifting caused the establishment of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle …
Pangea: Evolution of a supercontinent and its consequences for Earth's paleoclimate and sedimentary environments
JJ Veevers - 1994 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
During its life span from mid-Carboniferous (320 Ma) merger to mid-Jurassic (160 Ma) initial
breakup, Pangea comprised two contrasting sedimentary provinces:(1) an emergent …
breakup, Pangea comprised two contrasting sedimentary provinces:(1) an emergent …
[PDF][PDF] Alternative global Cretaceous paleogeography
WW Hay, R DeConto, CN Wold, KM Wilson, S Voigt… - 1999 - researchgate.net
Plate tectonic reconstructions for the Cretaceous have assumed that the major continental
blocks—Eurasia, Greenland, North America, South America, Africa, India, Australia, and …
blocks—Eurasia, Greenland, North America, South America, Africa, India, Australia, and …
The permian period
CM Henderson, SZ Shen, FM Gradstein… - Geologic time scale …, 2020 - Elsevier
The supercontinent Pangea completes its assembly and moves north during the Permian.
The 47-million-year-long period begins with a great ice age and ends with the Earth's …
The 47-million-year-long period begins with a great ice age and ends with the Earth's …
Late cretaceous extinctions: The fossil evidence currently available suggests that changes across the cretaceous-tertiary boundary were the result of gradual …
JD Archibald, WA Clemens - American Scientist, 1982 - JSTOR
The earth was a very different place some 65 to 70 million years ago, toward the close of the
Cretaceous period. The Atlantic Ocean was forming as the New and Old World continents …
Cretaceous period. The Atlantic Ocean was forming as the New and Old World continents …
The Cretaceous world
The Cretaceous Period extended from 145 Ma to 65 Ma ago, and is believed to have
differed from our present world in several major respects. First, the period has been …
differed from our present world in several major respects. First, the period has been …
A history of continents in the past three billion years
JJW Rogers - The journal of geology, 1996 - journals.uchicago.edu
The end-Paleozoic Pangea appears to have contained three continents that had grown in
the Precambrian and remained intact until Mesozoic rifting: Ur, formed at~ 3 Ga and …
the Precambrian and remained intact until Mesozoic rifting: Ur, formed at~ 3 Ga and …
[PDF][PDF] Carboniferous–Permian paleogeography of the assembly of Pangaea
RC Blakey, TE Wong - … of the XVth International Congress on …, 2003 - academia.edu
The supercontinent Pangaea dominated all aspects of Earth history for nearly 150 million
years. The events in both western and eastern Pangaea document complex Wilson cycles …
years. The events in both western and eastern Pangaea document complex Wilson cycles …
[图书][B] Role of volcanism in climate and evolution
DI Axelrod - 1981 - books.google.com
Several major episodes of Tertiary explosive volcanism coincided with sharply lowered
temperature as inferred from oxygen-isotope composition of foraminiferal tests in deep-sea …
temperature as inferred from oxygen-isotope composition of foraminiferal tests in deep-sea …