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04276aam a2200637 i 4500 001 C86C0444AF6A11E9816CD31097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190726010032 008 171130s2018 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017056021 020 $a 0231180977 020 $a 9780231180979 020 $a 0231180969 020 $a 9780231180962 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d TOH $d YDX $d UPM $d YUS $d OBE $d SOI $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d YAM $d UKMGB $d ZWZ $d OCLCA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QE721.2.E97 $b M388 2018 082 00 $a 560/.175 $2 23 100 1 $a McGhee, George R., $e author. 245 10 $a Carboniferous giants and mass extinction : $b the late Paleozoic Ice Age world / $c George R. McGhee Jr. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xi, 304 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-300) and index. 505 0 $a Harbingers of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age -- The big chill -- The Late Carboniferous ice world -- Giants in the earth... -- The end of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age -- The end of the Paleozoic world -- The legacy of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age. 520 $a "Picture a world of dog-sized scorpions and millipedes as long as a car; tropical rainforests with trees towering over 150 feet into the sky and a giant polar continent five times larger than Antarctica. That world was not imaginary; it was the earth more than 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era. In Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction, George R. McGhee Jr. explores that ancient world, explaining its origins; its downfall in the end-Permian mass extinction, the greatest biodiversity crisis to occur since the evolution of animal life on Earth; and how its legacies still affect us today. McGhee investigates the consequences of the Late Paleozoic ice age in this comprehensive portrait of the effects of ancient climate change on global ecology. Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction examines the climatic conditions that allowed for the evolution of gigantic animals and the formation of the largest tropical rainforests ever to exist, which in time turned into the coal that made the industrial revolution possible--and fuels the engine of contemporary anthropogenic climate change. Exploring the strange and fascinating flora and fauna of the Late Paleozoic ice age world, McGhee focuses his analysis on the forces that brought this world to an abrupt and violent end. Synthesizing decades of research and new discoveries, this comprehensive book provides a wealth of insights into past and present extinction events and climate change" -- From the publisher. 650 0 $a Mass extinctions. 650 0 $a Extinction (Biology) 650 0 $a Climatic changes. 650 0 $a Glacial epoch. 650 0 $a Paleobotany $y Carboniferous. 650 0 $a Paleontology $y Carboniferous. 650 0 $a Paleoclimatology $y Paleozoic. 650 7 $a SCIENCE / Paleontology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Carboniferous Geologic Period. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352242 650 7 $a Climatic changes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00864229 650 7 $a Extinction (Biology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00918969 650 7 $a Glacial epoch. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00942963 650 7 $a Mass extinctions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01749765 650 7 $a Paleobotany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01051324 650 7 $a Paleoclimatology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01051364 650 7 $a Paleontology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01051513 650 7 $a Paleozoic Geologic Period. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353937 648 7 $a From 230 to 570 million years ago $2 fast 650 7 $a Eiszeit $2 gnd 650 7 $a Massenaussterben $2 gnd 650 7 $a PalaÌozoikum $2 gnd 650 7 $a PaloÌkologie $2 gnd 650 7 $a EspeÌces (biologie) $x Extinction. $2 ram 650 7 $a Climat $x Changements. $2 ram 650 7 $a CarbonifeÌre. $2 ram 650 7 $a PaleÌozoiÌque. $2 ram 776 08 $i Online version: $a McGhee, George R. $t Carboniferous giants and mass extinction. $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2018] $z 9780231543385 $w (DLC) 2017060808 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20190726011843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C86C0444AF6A11E9816CD31097128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search