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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: An Overview of Cenozoic Time
Geologic Processes
Cenozoic Life
Chapter 2: The Tertiary Period
The Tertiary Environment
Paleogeography
Paleoclimate
Tertiary Life
Flowering Plants and Grasses
Birds
The Rise of Mammals
Mammalian Migration from Eurasia to North America
Mammalian Migration Between North and South America
Primates
Life in the Oceans
Marine Extinctions and Recovery
The Radiation of Invertebrates
Large Marine Animals
Foraminiferans
Tertiary Rocks
The Major Subdivisions of the Tertiary System
The Occurrence and Distribution of Tertiary Deposits
Volcanism and Orogenesis
Sedimentary Sequences
Establishing Tertiary Boundaries
The Correlation of Tertiary Strata
Chapter 3: The Paleogene Period
The Paleocene Epoch
Danian Stage
Selandian Stage
Thanetian Stage
The Eocene Epoch
Ypresian Stage
Lutetian Stage
Bartonian Stage
Priabonian Stage
The Oligocene Epoch
Rupelian Stage
Chattian Stage
Significant Life-forms of the Paleogene Period
Arsinoitherium
Barylambda
Basilosaurus
Borhyaenidae
Brontothere
Coryphodon
Dawn Horse
Diatryma
Hyaenodon
Indricotherium
Litoptern
Mesohippus
Miacis
Miohippus
Moeritherium
Notharctus
Notoungulata
Nummulites
Olive Shell
Phenacodus
Ptilodus
Sabre-toothed Cats
Taeniodont
Titanothere
Uintatherium
Venericardia
Chapter 4: The Neogene Period
The Miocene Epoch
Aquitanian Stage
Burdigalian Stage
Langhian Stage
Serravallian Stage
Tortonian Stage
Messinian Stage
The Pliocene Epoch
Zanclean Stage
Piacenzian Stage
Significant Life-forms of the Neogene Period
Camelops
Cave bear
Chalicotherium
Dinohyus
Dryopithecus
Gigantopithecus
Glans
Glyptodon
Mastodon
Merychippus
Moropus
Oreopithecus
Pliohippus
Ramapithecus
Riversleigh Fossils
Sivapithecus
Thylacosmilus
Chapter 5: The Quaternary Period
The Quaternary Environment
Glaciation
The “Ice Ages”
Glacial Remnants
Sea-level Changes
Paleoclimate
Quaternary Life
Fauna and Flora
Hominin Evolution
Quaternary Geology
The Economic Significance of Quaternary Deposits
Types of Quaternary Sediments
The Correlation of Quaternary Deposits
Significant Life-forms of the Quaternary Period
Aepyornis
Castoroides
Diprotodon
Dire Wolf
Irish Elk
Mammoth
Megatherium
Mylodon
Toxodon
Woolly Rhinoceros
Chapter 6: The Pleistocene Epoch
Pleistocene Stratigraphy
The Marine Oxygen Isotope Record
Loess-Paleosol Records
Glacial Records
Ice-core Records
The Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary
Stages of the Pleistocene Epoch
Gelasian Stage
Calabrian Stage
Ionian Stage
Tarantian Stage
Pleistocene Events and Environments
Glaciation
Periglacial Environments
Lacustrine Environments
Fluvial Environments
Coastal Environments and Sea-level Changes
Eolian Activity
Tectonic and Isostatic Movements
Pleistocene Fauna and Flora
Evolutionary Changes
The Migration of Plants and Animals
Megafaunal Extinctions
Cause of the Climatic Changes and Glaciations
Chapter 7: The Holocene Epoch
Holocene Stratigraphy
Chronology and Correlation
The Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary
The Nature of the Holocene Record
Deep Oceanic Deposits
Continental Shelf and Coastal Regions
Other Coastal Regions
Holocene Environment and Biota
Floral Change
Faunal Change
Holocene Climatic Trends and Chronology
The Classical Roman Period
The Late Roman Period
The Post-Roman and Carolingian Period
The Viking-Norman Period
The Medieval Cool Period
The Little Ice Age
The Industrial Age (1850–1950)
Chapter 8: The Cenozoic and Beyond
Glossary
For Further Reading
Index
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