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Atlas of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Coastlines

A G Smith author D G Smith author B M Funnell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:25th Mar '04

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

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 reconstruction. They do not distinguish between well and poorly defined shorelines, but the information sources are set out in a bibliography numbering more than 2000 primary paleographic references. This is a global compilation that presents the first attempt at delineating global shorelines at stage level, and which represents many years of work sponsored by British Petroleum International (BPI), and work by BPI themselves between 1981 and 1987.

' … cheap enough to justify its purchase by any research worker with an interest in the changing geography of our globe.' Geoscientist

ISBN: 9780521602877

Dimensions: 279mm x 210mm x 8mm

Weight: 270g

112 pages