STRATI 2013

STRATI 2013
Author: Rogério Rocha
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1222
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319043641
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The 1st International Congress on Stratigraphy (STRATI 2013), hold in Lisbon, 1–7 July 2013, follows the decision to internationalize the conferences previously organized by the French Committee of Stratigraphy (STRATI), the last one of which was held in Paris in 2010. Thus, the congress possesses both the momentum gained from an established conference event and the excitement of being the first International Congress on Stratigraphy. It is held under the auspices of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (IUGS) and it is envisaged that this first congress will lead to others being held in the future. This book includes all papers accepted for oral or poster presentation at the 1st International Congress on Stratigraphy. Papers include a short abstract, main text, figures, tables and references. Each paper has been reviewed by two internationally renowned scientists.

The Late Eocene Earth

The Late Eocene Earth
Author: Christian Koeberl
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2009
Genre: Science
ISBN: 081372452X
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The Late Eocene and the Eocene-Oligocene (E-O) transition mark the most profound oceanographic and climatic changes of the past 50 million years of Earth history, with cooling beginning in the middle Eocene and culminating in the major earliest Oligocene Oi-1 isotopic event. The Late Eocene is characterized by an accelerated global cooling, with a sharp temperature drop near the E-O boundary, and significant stepwise floral and faunal turnovers. These global climate changes are commonly attributed to the expansion of the Antarctic ice cap following its gradual isolation from other continental masses. However, multiple extraterrestrial bolide impacts, possibly related to a comet shower that lasted more than 2 million years, may have played an important role in deteriorating the global climate at that time. This book provides an up-to-date review of what happened on Earth at the end of the Eocene Epoch.

Late Paleogene (oligogene) and Neogene Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Atlantic Ocean (lat. 30° N to Lat. 30° S)

Late Paleogene (oligogene) and Neogene Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Atlantic Ocean (lat. 30° N to Lat. 30° S)
Author: William A.. Berggren
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1973
Genre: Foraminifera
ISBN:
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Approximately 120 planktonic foraminiferal species are recorded from late Paleogene (Oligogene (Oligocene) and Neogene sediments recovered by the Deep Sea Drilling Project (Legs 1-4) between lat. 30 degrees N and lat. 30 degrees S in the Atlantic Ocean. Particularly good oligocene and lower Miocene biostratigraphic sequences were recovered in the South Atlantic (Leg 3) and a nearly complete composite succession of Neogene sediments has been examined from the tropical Atlantic (Caribbean, Legs 4 and 15; Gulf of Mexico, Leg 1). South Atlantic late Paleogene and early Neogene planktonic foraminiferal assemblages exhibit a marked similarity with those from the Australasian region (New Zealand, SW Pacific). South Atlantic early Neogene assemblages are characterized by globigerinids, globoquadrinids and non-keeled globorotaliids. Late Neogene tropical assemblages are dominated by keeled globorotaliids. Within the Pliocene the sequential extinction of several taxa make a refinement of current planktonic foraminiferal zonation zonation possible and a six-fold zonation (Zones p11-6) is applied. (Author).