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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