Vanished ocean :: how Tethys reshaped the world /

This is a book about an ocean that vanished six million years ago - the ocean of Tethys. Named after a Greek sea nymph, there is a sense of mystery about such a vast, ancient ocean, of which all that remains now are a few little pools, like the Caspian Sea. There were other great oceans in the histo...

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1. Verfasser: Stow, D. A. V. (Dorrik A. V.)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:This is a book about an ocean that vanished six million years ago - the ocean of Tethys. Named after a Greek sea nymph, there is a sense of mystery about such a vast, ancient ocean, of which all that remains now are a few little pools, like the Caspian Sea. There were other great oceans in the history of the Earth - Iapetus, Panthalassa - but Tethys was the last of them, vanishing a mere moment (in geological terms) before Man came on the scene. Once Tethys stretched across the world. How do we know? And how could such a vast ocean vanish?
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191550317
0191550310
019921428X
9780199214280

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