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Oligocene transition-Oligocene transition-
“the world turned“the world turnedcold”cold”
Environmental Geosciences, classEnvironmental Geosciences, classpresentationpresentationIOR- Prof. Dr. Andrea Koschinsky-FritscheIOR- Prof. Dr. Andrea Koschinsky-Fritsche
Presented by Kedar Ghimire,Presented by Kedar Ghimire,May 8th, 2007May 8th, 2007
 Title Image:
Moeritherium
 
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Source: http://www.williamsclass.com/images/GifImages/GeologicTime205K.gif 
 
 
Eocene epoch
• 
 Timeline- (55.8 ± 0.2 - 33.9 ± 0.1 Ma) whenearth was free of large continental ice sheets•In Greek, ἠώς (
eos
, dawn) and καινός (
kainos
,new).
-refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') mammalian fauna, appeared duringthe epoch
Middle Eocene ,
Scotese, C. R., 1997. Paleogeographic Atlas, PALEOMAP Progress Report 90-0497, Department of Geology, University of Texas atArlington, Arlington, Texas, 37 pp
CLIMATE
•Extreme global warming termed Paleocene-EoceneThermalMaximum or Initial Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM orIETM)•Deep ocean currents- extremely warm. Temperateforests extend to the poles Most homogeneous globalclimate.•Grand Coupure- the end of Eocene, causes could bedue to climate change with polar glaciations, bolideimpact
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02 / 07 / 2011This doucment made it onto the Rising List!
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when you make presentations, you should try to have a neutral background so that your text is easy to see.

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