The Eocene-Oligocene Transition [Hardcover]

Donald R. Prothero (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0231080905 | ISBN-13: 978-0231080903 | Publication Date: April 15, 1993 0

Describes the Eocene-Oligocene extinctions, an important turning-point in Earth history approximately 40 million years ago, when the first signs of Antarctic glaciation appeared. The text relates how, during a period of global cooling, the planet's climate and vegetation changed dramatically.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Prothero has the rare knack of being able to turn a period of Earth history into an enjoyable and readable book of the science and events. -- Geoscientist

Prothero is an expert on fossil mammals, their environments, and the means to date them, but he has enlarged that perspective to include discussions of such topics as extinctions in general, especially those potentially caused by asteroid impacts . . . Highly recommended. -- Choice

Product Details

• Hardcover: 291 pages
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr (April 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231080905
• ISBN-13: 978-0231080903
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,359,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #80 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Paleontology > Paleobiology

More About the Author

Donald R. Prothero is Professor of Geology at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He earned M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in geological sciences from Columbia University in 1982, and a B.A. in geology and biology (highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of California, Riverside. He is currently the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 25 books and over 200 scientific papers, including five leading geology textbooks and three trade books as well as edited symposium volumes and other technical works. He is on the editorial board of Skeptic magazine, and in the past has served as an associate or technical editor for Geology, Paleobiology and Journal of Paleontology. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, the Paleontological Society, and the Linnaean Society of London, and has also received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Science Foundation. He has served as the Vice President of the Pacific Section of SEPM (Society of Sedimentary Geology), and five years as the Program Chair for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. In 1991, he received the Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society for the outstanding paleontologist under the age of 40. He has also been featured on several television documentaries, including episodes of Paleoworld (BBC), Prehistoric Monsters Revealed (History Channel), Entelodon and Hyaenodon (National Geographic Channel) and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (BBC).