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Pliocene epoch
Pliocene
Pliocene The last of the
Tertiary epochs, which began 5 Ma ago and ended 2 Ma ago.
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The Antarctic dilemma: blowing in the wind. (diatom shells found in ice core dispute a proposed Pliocene meltdown)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 2/24/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...ago, during a warm period in the Pliocene epoch. The Ohio group's evidence comes...the ice sheet melted during the Pliocene warmth, trees thrived, and then...work] does cast doubt on the warm Pliocene model," says Davida Kellogg...
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Rocky shores and development of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Arroyo Blanco Basin on Isla Carmen in the Gulf of California, Mexico (1).
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Presumably, the older Miocene-Pliocene unconformity is buried beneath...with sea cliffs notched in Pliocene limestone occur at elevations...with the last interglacial epoch between 120 000 and 135 000...supports a long history of gradual Pliocene subsidence followed by episodic...
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New findings on climate show gradual shift to modern but increased sensitivity to perturbations.
M2 Presswire; 5/20/2004; 700+ words
; ...University, Idaho, focused on the Pliocene epoch, from about 5 million to 1.8...they are today. During the late Pliocene, the climate shifted to the much...understanding modern climate change. The Pliocene is the most recent period in Earth...
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ANCIENT WARM PERIOD COOLED OFF GRADUALLY
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...University in Idaho focused on the Pliocene epoch (from about 5 million to 1.8...they are today. During the late Pliocene, the climate shifted to the much...understanding modern climate change. The Pliocene is the most recent period in Earth...
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Ice's age? More than 8 million years.(team of scientists discover a portion of a glacier in East Antarctica that is estimated to be at least 8.1 million years old)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/5/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...million years ago, during the Pliocene epoch. To them, the discovery does...was about 3oC warmer during the Pliocene, so determining what Antarctica...several million years before the Pliocene. The ash showed no signs of disturbance...
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Fossil facts and time line.(The Gazette (Colorado Springs))
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/24/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Tertiary period: Paleocene Epoch, 65 million years ago. Great...primitive mammals. _Eocene Epoch, 54 million years ago: Mountains...manlike apes appeared. _Pliocene Epoch, 5 million years ago...manlike apes appeared. _Pliocene Epoch, 5 million years ago...
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Researchers from University of Kiel publish findings in science.
Newspaper article from: Global Warming Focus; 7/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...of tropical seaways during the Pliocene epoch (similar to 5-2 million years...thermocline recorded during the Pliocene epoch, possibly contributing to...study in Nature Geoscience (Mid-Pliocene climate change amplified by a switch...
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Has Earth entered a new age?(earth)
Magazine article from: Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication; 5/2/2008; 700+ words
; ...is currently in the Holocene epoch. The Holocene is a period of...vaulted the planet into another epoch. The burning of fossil fuels...Era Age of mammals Paleocene Epoch Tertiary began 65 million years...Epoch began 23 million years ago Pliocene Epoch began 5 million years...
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Asteroid origin of the Everglades?
Magazine article from: Science News; 11/9/1985; ; 700+ words
; ...years ago, at the end of the Eocene epoch. However, at least one crater specialist...produced . . . in the Holocene [the epoch of the last 1 million years] as...shaped coral reef, dating from the Pliocene epoch 6 million years ago, is buried beneath...
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Close relationship between past warming and sea-level rise.(Report)
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Science; 7/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...agreement with independent sea-level data from the Middle Pliocene epoch, 3-3.5 million years ago, when atmospheric CO2...rise to a level similar to that measured for the Middle Pliocene." Project partners Professor Michal Kucera (University...
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Pliocene Epoch
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Pliocene Epoch In geologic time , the Pliocene Epoch occurs during the Tertiary Period (65 million years...gene pools in subspecies. Climatic cooling increased during Pliocene Epoch, and grasslands continued the rapid development found in...
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Pliocene epoch
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pliocene epoch , fifth epoch of the Cenozoic...By the beginning of the Pliocene, the outlines of North...climates of the Pleistocene epoch . The life of the Pliocene...modern appearance; the Pliocene marked the climax, and...
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Pliocene
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
Pliocene In 1833 Charles Lyell proposed...x2019;. Each Cenozoic epoch was characterized by a molluscan...increasing with time. The Pliocene was one of his original divisions...itself divided into Newer Pliocene with 90 per cent of its mollusc...
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Oligocene Epoch
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...Oligocene Epoch. The Oligocene Epoch climate was warmer than the...land species. The Oligocene Epoch continued to present the slow...record that date to the Oligocene Epoch include Branisella monkeys...Period; Pleistocene Epoch; Pliocene Epoch; Precambrian; Proterozoic...
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Paleocene Epoch
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...species. During the Paleocene Epoch, climatic moderations reduced...masses long before the Paleocene Epoch, the reduction in predator...appeared during the Paleocene Epoch and avian species flourished...Period; Pleistocene Epoch; Pliocene Epoch; Precambrian; Proterozoic...
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