The Mesozoic, perhaps representing the longest period of warmth during Phanerozoic Earth
history, contains in general sparse and frequently equivocal evidence for polar ice. Although …

A comprehensive compilation of literature on global Cretaceous charcoal occurrences
shows that from the Valanginian on throughout the Cretaceous, terrestrial sedimentary …

An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry explores the fate of organic matter of all types,
biogenic and man-made, in the Earth System. investigates the variety of pathways and …

The first book to review all the evidence concerning both the dinosaur extinctions and all the
other major extinctions-of plant, animal, terrestrial, and marine life-in the history of life. All the …

Stable isotopic data from marine limestones and their constituent fossils and marine
cements can provide quantitative evidence for changes in global climate and ocean …

The concept of 'Gondwana', an ancient Southern Hemisphere supercontinent, is firmly
established in geological and biogeographical models of Earth history. The term Gondwana …

Mid-Cretaceous (Aptian-Turonian) extinction/radiation events of radiolaria from the North
Atlantic and western Tethys are summarized in relation to Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAE) …

The origins of angiosperms are still debated, despite many years of work by scientists from
differing disciplines. The progress made toward resolving the problem is reviewed in this …

Here we present new O-isotope, Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca data of Early Jurassic belemnites from
the Basque–Cantabrian basin of northern Spain, a succession deposited in a periodically …

This book provides a general introduction to impact stratigraphy, with emphasis on the
recognition of distal impact ejecta in the field, by focusing on the impactoclastic layers of the …