Graduation Semester and Year
2012
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Earth and Environmental Science
Department
Earth and Environmental Sciences
First Advisor
Christopher Scotese
Abstract
This atlas illustrates global climatic zones in five major turning points of Cenozoic climate history: the K/T, the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), the Eocene/Oligocene Transition (EOT), the Late Miocene (Messinian), and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The mapswere produced from a combination of climate simulations (FOAM, CCSM, ECHAM, BESTGUESS, GENESIS and others) and climatic zone reconstructions based on lithologic data. Paleogeographic base maps of the time intervals from the PALEOMAP Project were then illustrated with an artist's rendition of the Earth's appearance. The color scheme was based onNASA's Blue Marble images. An overview of the conditions that shaped global climate zones in each time interval accompanies the atlas: plate tectonics, paleogeography, configuration of ocean basins and currents, greenhouse gas concentration, plant life, and other climate forcing mechanisms.
Disciplines
Earth Sciences | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Crowley, Clinton Whitaker, "An Atlas Of Cenozoic Climate Zones" (2012). Earth & Environmental Sciences Theses. 189.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/ees_theses/189
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington