Editors:
- Presents a comprehensive review of the latest science in the geological and paleontological aspects of Earth during the Late Triassic period
- Covers the records of land-based life and marine life during the Late Triassic, as well as extinctions
- Appropriate for both reference and classroom use
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology (TGBI, volume 46)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This volume presents the latest science on all significant geological and paleontological aspects of the Earth during the Late Triassic Period. Rather than presenting a collection of narrowly focused research papers, the volume consists of a series of peer-reviewed chapters on specific aspects of the Late Triassic world (e.g., tectonics, magmatism, paleobotany, climate, etc.), all authored by experts in the subject of their respective chapters. Each chapter reviews and summarizes the latest findings in these fields and also includes a review of the pertinent literature. The author list is very broadly international and forms a veritable who’s who of expertise in these fields. The book is loosely organized to present the physical aspects of Earth during the Late Triassic at the outset, followed by the paleontological aspects. The latter section is further organized to present the record of the marine environment first before moving onto land, with fauna followed by flora. The volume closes with a review of the end-Triassic extinctions.
Reviews
“The volume is logically arranged to cover the underpinnings first, namely the topics of time scale, plate tectonics, climate, magmatism, and bolides. The remaining chapters focus on biota, including both terrestrial and marine realms. … The volume closes with a provocative chapter on the ‘missing’ mass extinction at the end of the Triassic Period. … Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.” (I. D. Sasowsky, Choice, Vol. 56 (2), October, 2018)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, USA
Lawrence H. Tanner
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Late Triassic World
Book Subtitle: Earth in a Time of Transition
Editors: Lawrence H. Tanner
Series Title: Topics in Geobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68009-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68008-8Published: 01 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88531-5Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68009-5Published: 16 November 2017
Series ISSN: 0275-0120
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 805
Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations, 115 illustrations in colour
Topics: Paleontology, Historical Geology, Physical Geography