Southern Hemisphere Palaeobiogeography of Triassic-Jurassic Marine Bivalves /

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Southern Hemisphere Palaeobiogeography of Triassic-Jurassic Marine Bivalves /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Damborenea, Susana E. (Author), Echevarría, Javier. (Author), Ros-Franch, Sonia. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:	1st ed. 2013.
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
Subjects:	Paleontology . Geobiology. Historical geology. Plant systematics. Plant taxonomy. Paleontology. Biogeosciences. Historical Geology. Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
-Paleobiogeography and neobiogeography
-Why bivalves?
-Time frame
-Paleogeography
-Paleoclimates and water temperatures
-Paleocurrents
Techniques
-The data
-Quantification: a difficult approach
-Analytic methods
A bivalve perspective
-Previous research: a northern hemisphere affair
-Some general issues
-Paleobiogeographic affinities
Regional scale
-Facies and bivalve distributions: examples from the Neuquén Basin
-Latitudinal gradients
-Distribution patterns and boundaries
Hemispheric scale
-Data
-Biochoreme recognition
-Evolution of biochoremas
-Evolution of biochoreme boundaries and its causes
-Congruence
-Paleobiogeographic units and mass extinctions. Global scale
-Bipolarity
-Seaways: the Hispanic Corridor
-Oceanic currents
-Evolution of global biochoreme boundaries.