Once, the ocean of Tethys stretched across the world. It vanished just before Man appeared on Earth. Dorrik Stow tells of the powerful forces that created and destroyed a great ocean, its marine life, its extinctions, its impact on climate, and the many clues by which scientists have put together its story, stretching back 250 million years.
Once, the ocean of Tethys stretched across the world. It vanished just before Man appeared on Earth. Dorrik Stow tells of the powerful forces that created and destroyed a great ocean, its marine life, its extinctions, its impact on climate, and the many clues by which scientists have put together its story, stretching back 250 million years.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dorrik Stow is ECOSSE Chair and Professor at Heriot-Watt University. He was previously Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. His main research interests are energy and environmental research for ECOSSE (Edinburgh Consortium for Subsurface Science and Engineering), past environmental change, and the role of geosciences for international development. He has published over 200 research publications and eight books including Encyclopedia of the Oceans (OUP, 2005).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1: Tethys the Sea Goddess 2: Pangea the Supercontinent and the Birth of Tethys 3: Extinction, Evolution, and the Great Cycles of Life 4: Tethyan Fecundity in the Jurassic Seas 5: Black Death to Black Gold 6: The Greatest Flood of All Time: Rise and Fall of the Seas 7: End of an Era: The Debate Continues 8: Portrait of the Tethys Seaway 9: Closing Ocean, Rising Mountain 10: Death Throes of an Ocean 11: Epilogue: Perspective on the Future Further Reading Glossary of terms
Preface 1: Tethys the Sea Goddess 2: Pangea the Supercontinent and the Birth of Tethys 3: Extinction, Evolution, and the Great Cycles of Life 4: Tethyan Fecundity in the Jurassic Seas 5: Black Death to Black Gold 6: The Greatest Flood of All Time: Rise and Fall of the Seas 7: End of an Era: The Debate Continues 8: Portrait of the Tethys Seaway 9: Closing Ocean, Rising Mountain 10: Death Throes of an Ocean 11: Epilogue: Perspective on the Future Further Reading Glossary of terms
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