Mid-cretaceous greenhouse environments and floral ecosystems of the south polar region (75-80°s): the tupuangi formation, Chatham Islands, Zealandia

• Main Author: Mays, Chris
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Monash University 2017
• Subjects: Uncategorized; West Antarctica; New Zealand; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; First Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/03/58901f401bf64; https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Mid-cretaceous_greenhouse_environments_and_floral_ecosystems_of_the_south_polar_region_75-80_s_the_tupuangi_formation_Chatham_Islands_Zealandia/4597717

For analogues of global warming, the mid-Cretaceous is held up as both an archetype and a warning. Using a combination of theoretical models and geological evidence, a consensus is revealing that polar latitudes experience the greatest degree of warming during global greenhouse conditions. The Tupua...