Environmental change in the Pacific Basin : chronologies, causes, consequences /
"This book focuses on the Pacific Basin, a vast region which can be considered a microcosm of the entire surface of the Earth and which has suffered from being marginalized in most accounts of Earth-surface processes and phenomena. In this book, the Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Ocean and...
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Wiley,
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Table of Contents:
- Conventions for Expressing Age
- Pt. A. Context. Ch. 1. The Pacific Basin. Ch. 2. Investigating the Pacific Basin. Ch. 3. Ideas Concerning the Origin of the Pacific Basin
- Pt. B. The Early Pacific. Ch. 4. The Earliest Pacific (Before 250 Ma). Ch. 5. The Pacific Basin During the Mesozoic Era (250-66 Ma)
- Pt. C. The Pacific During the Tertiary Period. Ch. 6. The Pacific Basin during the Palaeogene (66-24.6 Ma). Ch. 7. The Pacific Basin During the Neogene (24.6-1.77 Ma)
- Pt. D. The Pacific During the Pleistocene Epoch. Ch. 8. Understanding the Chronology of the Pleistocene (1.77-0.012 Ma). Ch. 9. The Early and Middle Pleistocene (1.77-0.128 Ma) in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 10. The Last Interglacial (128-111 ka) in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 11. The Last Glacial (111-12 ka) in the Pacific Basin
- Pt. E. Holocene Environments of the Pacific Basin. Ch. 12. Human Arrival in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 13. The Early Holocene (12-6 ka) in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 14. The Middle Holocene (6-3 ka) in the Pacific Basin. Ch. 15. The Late Holocene (3 ka
- present) in the Pacific Basin
- Pt. F. Conclusions. Ch. 16. Afterword.