Egg shape changes at the theropod–bird transition, and a morphometric study of amniote eggs [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2014 The eggs of amniotes exhibit a remarkable variety of shapes, from spherical to elongate and from symmetrical to asymmetrical. We examine eggshell geometry in a diverse sample of fossil and living amniotes using geometric morphometrics and linear ...
D. Charles Deeming, Marcello Ruta
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The Osmium Isotope Signature of Phanerozoic Large Igneous Provinces
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 229-246., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Alexander J. Dickson +2 more
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Geochemistry, petrogenesis, and tectonic setting of volcanic rocks in the SW of Torud (Shahrood) [PDF]
پترولوژی, 2023 The study area is located in the south of Damghan, 160 km south of Shahrood, and 17 to 30 km south of Torud village. The area geologically, lies in the Cenozoic magmatic belt, a part of the Alpine-Himalayan belt, in the north of the structural zone of ...
Negar Gavanji +3 more
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Early Agenian rhinocerotids from Wischberg (Canton Bern, Switzerland) and clarification of the systematics of the genus Diaceratherium [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Wischberg is a Swiss locality in Bern Canton which has yielded numerous vertebrates remains from the earliest Miocene (= MN1). It has a very rich faunal diversity, one of the richest in Switzerland for this age.
Claire Jame +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Because of similar astronomical background, Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11 is viewed as an analogue of the Holocene, but the evolution of seasonal climatic instability during MIS 11 has not been well investigated.
Fengjiang Li +7 more
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Evolution of the volcanic mechanism in the central part of the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc
Journal of Economic Geology, 2021 Introduction Cenozoic volcanic activities in the Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA) have occurred in three main pulses of Eocene, upper Oligocene-Pliocene, and Pio-Quaternary (Dilek et al., 2010, Sayari, 2015).
Mohammad Sayari , Mortaza Sharifi
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 The formation and evolution of the Shanxi Rift System are topics of interest because of its unique geometry and critical position in the North China Plate. However, it is not easy to delineate the late Cenozoic tectonic processes.
Qitian Zhuang +4 more
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Impact of Cenozoic Antarctic continent-ocean configuration patterns on global climate change
Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2021 Antarctica recorded a Cenozoic geologic history of continental growth, breakup and dispersal, global cooling and the development of continental-scale Antarctic ice sheet.
PEI Junling +8 more
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A review of amber and copal occurrences in Africa and their paleontological significance
BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2020 The paleontological interest for fossil plant resins (amber and copal) has greatly increased in the last decades, as field studies have resulted in the discovery of various new deposits worldwide.
Bouju Valentine, Perrichot Vincent
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Sedimentary provenance techniques have been widely applied in foreland basin settings to understand tectonic and magmatic processes by tracking the exposure and erosion of distinct sediment source areas through time.
Joel S. Leonard +3 more
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