The Eocene-Oligocene Transition

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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231080905
• ISBN13: 9780231080903
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.