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Great American Biotic Interchange
. Ed(S): Stehli, Francis G.; Webb, S. David
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Description for Great American Biotic Interchange
Paperback. Editor(s): Stehli, Francis G.; Webb, S. David. Series: Topics in Geobiology. Num Pages: 549 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 695.
Two rather different elements combine to explain the origin of this volume: one scientific and one personal. The broader of the two is the scientific basis-the time for such a volume had arrived. Geology had made remarkable progress toward an understanding of the phys ical history of the Caribbean Basin for the last 100 million years or so. On the biological side, many new discoveries had elucidated the distributional history of terrestrial orga nisms in and between the two Americas. Geological and biological data had been combined to yield the timing of important events with unprecedented resolution. Clearly, when each ... Read more
Two rather different elements combine to explain the origin of this volume: one scientific and one personal. The broader of the two is the scientific basis-the time for such a volume had arrived. Geology had made remarkable progress toward an understanding of the phys ical history of the Caribbean Basin for the last 100 million years or so. On the biological side, many new discoveries had elucidated the distributional history of terrestrial orga nisms in and between the two Americas. Geological and biological data had been combined to yield the timing of important events with unprecedented resolution. Clearly, when each ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
549
Condition
New
Series
Topics in Geobiology
Number of Pages
532
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468491838
SKU
V9781468491838
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