Atlas of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Coastlines

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Author: Alan G. Smith

ISBN-10: 0521602874

ISBN-13: 9780521602877

Category: Earth Science - General & Miscellaneous

The inferred positions of global paleoshorelines through the 240 million years of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic are presented within this atlas. Thirty-one maps, generally corresponding to stratigraphic stages, provide a snapshot of the continents and their shorelines at approximately 8 million year intervals. The maps provide a representation of the gross changes in the distribution of land and sea throughout the Mesozoic and Cenozoic plotted on Mollweide projections of paleocontinental...

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The positions of global paleoshorelines through the Mesozoic and Cenozoic are presented within this atlas.

1Introduction12Global reconstructions33Biostratigraphic time and magnetic polarity scales74Plotting paleogeographic data95Changes in land area through time156Relevant literature197Paleocoastline maps238Bibliography55