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Focus on the Cretaceous
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Why do Paleobotanists Believe in a Cretaceous Origin of Angiosperms? part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This technical article questions the interpretation that Angiosperms first appeared in the Cretaceous Period. Although this article was written for botany and paleobotany specialists, its diagrams, ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Introduction to Palynology part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site supplies a comprehensive introduction to pollen, pollen structure, the science of palynology, and research projects using palynological data. The site features high resolution ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Collection
Extinctions: Cycles Of Life and Death Through Time part of SERC Web Resource Collection
As part of the Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum this site provides a detailed summary of extinction events throughout time, hypotheses for their causes and the long-term implications of such ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Climate Timeline: And Beyond part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site contains a diverse suite of information about paleoclimates and climate science. An interactive time scale is provided with links to discussions, summaries, references and numerous other ...
Color-coded Continents part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Paleogeographic reconstructions for time periods within 620 million years to present are featured on this site. These global paleogeographic maps are viewed by scrolling down the page and are ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps
Global Paleogeographic Views of Earth History part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site supplies 26 global paleogeographic maps that illustrate how Earth may have appeared throughout the last 600 million years. Realistic colors for geographic features were derived from ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps
Cretaceous Paleogeography of the Southwestern U.S. part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The complex tectonic evolution of southwestern US is explained with these detailed paleogeographic maps of this region. Significant geologic features such as the Cordilleran volcanic arc, the ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Maps
Late Cretaceous part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides a list of links to paleogeographic reconstructions for several time slices within the Cretaceous Period. These include 100 million, 90 million, 80 million and 70 million years ago. ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Maps
Paleogeography part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Palaeogeography is the geography of the ancient Earth; it aims to establish the arrangement of the continents and landforms through time. This site provides a discussion of paleogeography as a ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps
Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Strontium isotope stratigraphy is a geologic tool used to date sediments that are generally undatable by other means. This site provides a list of publications related to strontium isotope ...


