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Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic
. Ed(S): Boulter, Michael Charles; Fisher, Helen
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Paperback. Proceeidngs of the NATO Advances Research Workshop on Reconstruction of North Atlantic Climate Change Using Extinct Plant Data, held in London, UK, November 11-16, 1993 Editor(s): Boulter, Michael Charles; Fisher, Helen. Series: NATO Asi Series / NATO Asi Subseries I:. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PST; RBG; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 627.
Fifty million years ago, the Arctic Ocean was a warm sea, bounded by lush vegetation of the warm-temperate shores of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and the Northwest Territories. Wind and storms were rare because Atlantic weather systems had not developed but, as today, polar day length added a hostile element to this otherwise tranquil climate.
With the aid of scientists from all the countries close to the Arctic Circle, this book describes the palaeontology, the statistical analysis of vegetational features, comparisons with atmospheric, marine, and geological features and some of the first models of plant migration developed from newly constructed databases. ... Read more
Fifty million years ago, the Arctic Ocean was a warm sea, bounded by lush vegetation of the warm-temperate shores of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and the Northwest Territories. Wind and storms were rare because Atlantic weather systems had not developed but, as today, polar day length added a hostile element to this otherwise tranquil climate.
With the aid of scientists from all the countries close to the Arctic Circle, this book describes the palaeontology, the statistical analysis of vegetational features, comparisons with atmospheric, marine, and geological features and some of the first models of plant migration developed from newly constructed databases. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
Series
NATO Asi Series / NATO Asi Subseries I:
Number of Pages
401
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642793806
SKU
V9783642793806
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