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Plants and the K-T boundary

Nichols, Douglas J., author, Johnson, Kirk R., author

Overview

In this text, two of the world's leading experts in palynology and paleobotany provide a comprehensive account of the fate of land plants during the 'great extinction' about 65 million years ago. They describe how the time boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene Periods (the K-T boundary) is recognised in the geological record, and how fossil plants can be used to understand global events of that time. There are case studies from over 100 localities around the world, including North America, China, Russia and New Zealand. The book concludes with an evaluation of possible causes of the K-T boundary event and its effects on floras of the past and present. This book is written for researchers and students in paleontology, botany, geology and Earth history, and everyone who has been following the course of the extinction debate and the K-T boundary paradigm shift.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Plants. / Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. / Paleobotany Paleogene. / Paleobotany Cretaceous. / Paleontology Cretaceous. / Paleontology Paleogene.
• ISBN: 9780521305631, 0521305632

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
QE734.5.N53 2011	1	BOOK	GENERAL