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Climate in Earth History:

Studies in Geophysics

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Size: 212 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1982

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Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council
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Front Matter i-xiv  
Overview and Recommendations 1-18 (skim)
1 The Role of Prediction in Paleonclimatology 19-25 (skim)
2 Paleoclimatic Modeling--A Review with Reference to Problems and Prospects for the Pre-Pleistocene 26-42 (skim)
3 Climate Steps in Ocean History--Lessons from the Pleistocene 43-54 (skim)
4 The Carbon Cycle--Controls on Atmosphere CO2 and Climate in the Geologic Past 55-67 (skim)
5 Solar, Astronomical, and Atmospheric Effects on Climate 68-76 (skim)
6 Continental Glaciation through Geologic Time 77-82 (skim)
7 Ocean Circulation, Plate Tectonics, and Climate 83-89 (skim)
8 The Terminal Cretaceous Extinction Event and Clilmatic Stability 90-96 (skim)
9 Long-Term Climate Oscillations Recorded in Stratigraphy 97-104 (skim)
10 Climate Significance of Lake and Evaportie Deposits 105-111 (skim)
11 Ancient Soils and Ancient Climates 112-117 (skim)
12 Role of Ocean Gateways in Climate Change 118-125 (skim)
13 Climate Acme Events in the Sea and on Land 126-132 (skim)
14 The Artic Ocean and Post-Jurassic Paleoclimatology 133-138 (skim)
15 Interpreting Paleoenvironments, Subsidence History, and Sea-Level Changes of Passive Margins from Seismic and Biostratigraphy 139-153 (skim)
16 Tertiary Marine and Nonmarine Climatic Trends 154-158 (skim)
17 The Jurassic Climate 159-163 (skim)
18 Stable Isotopes in Climatic Reconstructions 164-171 (skim)
19 Cenozoic Variability of Oxygen Isotopes in Benthic Foraminifera 172-182 (skim)
20 Seasonality and the Structure of the Biosphere 183-188 (skim)
21 Paleozoic Data of Climatological Significance and Their Use for Interpreting Silurian-Devonian Climate 189-198 (skim)

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