Vanished ocean : how Tethys reshaped the world / Dorrik Stow.

Author/creator Stow, D. A. V.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Tethys the sea goddess -- Pangaea the supercontinent and the birth of Tethys -- Extinction, evolution and the great cycles of life -- Tethyan fecundity in the Jurassic seas -- Black death to black gold -- The greatest flood of all time : rise and fall of the seas -- End of an era : the debate continues -- Portrait of the Tethys seaway -- Closing ocean, rising mountain -- Death throes of an ocean -- Epilogue : perspective on the future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-276) and index.
ISBN9780199214280 (hbk.)
ISBN019921428X (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks QE501.4.P3 S76 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold