Jurassic Environments (Cambridge Earth Science Series) - Softcover

Hallam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521129060 ISBN 13: 9780521129060

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Studies of the Jurassic period are greatly helped by the high degree of stratigraphic control provided by the ubiquitous ammonites. Although this work, originally publisjed in 1975, is not a study of stratigraphy as such, a short chapter on this topic is included to provide a framework for environmental interpretation. The main goal of this book is to review in detail the advances which existed at the time in the interpretation of Jurassic facies in the classical European and American deposits and to then apply this knowledge to illuminate more general topics such as the fluctuation in land/sea distribution and the nature of the Jurassic climate and biogeography. There is also an account of plate tectonics and igneous activity during the period. A comprehensive bibliography is provided, which includes the important stratigraphic literature published from 1956 to 1975.

About this title

Book Description:

The main goal of this book is to review in detail the advances, which existed at the time, in the interpretation of Jurassic facies in the classical European and American deposits and to then apply this knowledge to illuminate more general topics such as the fluctuation in land/sea distribution and the nature of the Jurassic climate and biogeography.

About the Author:

Anthony Hallam is Lapworth Professor in the School of Earth Science at the University of Birmingham, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521129060
• ISBN 13: 9780521129060
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284