Palaeoclimates and their Modelling With special reference to the Mesozoic era

The climate of the Earth has undergone many changes and for those times when geologic data are widespread and abundant the Mesozoic appears to have been one of the warmest intervals. This was a time during which the single continent Pangea disintegrated into continental units similar to those of tod...

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Main Authors: Allen, J.R.L., Hoskins, B.J. (Author), Valdes, P.J. (Author), Sellwood, B.W. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The climate system in the recent geological past
  • 2 The use of climate response surfaces to reconstruct palaeoclimate from Quaternary pollen and plant macrofossil data
  • 3 Sedimentary facies as indicators of Mesozoic palaeoclimate
  • 4 Palaeowind: geological criteria for direction and strength
  • 5 Fossils and fossil climate: the case for equable continental interiors in the Eocene
  • 6 Water vapour, CO2 and insolation over the last glacial-interglacial cycles
  • 7 A brief discussion of the history, strengths and limitations of conceptual climate models for pre-Quaternary time
  • 8 Modelling of palaeoclimates: examples from the recent past
  • 9 Cretaceous phytogeography and climate signals
  • 10 Jurassic climates as inferred from the sedimentary and fossil record
  • 11 Early Mesozoic phytogeography and climate
  • 12 Model simulations of Cretaceous climates: the role of geography and carbon dioxide
  • 13 Atmospheric general circulation models of the Jurassic
  • 14 Simulation of Late Permian climate and biomes with an atmosphere-ocean model: comparisons with observations
  • 15 The role of palaeoclimate studies: modelling
  • 16 The role of palaeoclimate studies: geological indicators