Tables of Contents for Cretaceous World

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Preface

Part I. Survey of the Cretaceous World: 1. Introduction to the Cretaceous

2. The mobile palaeogeographical framework

3. Fluctuating sea-level

4. Changing climate and biota

5. Changing climate and biota - the marine record

Part II. The Workings of the Cretaceous World: 6. Biogeochemical cycles

7. Volcanic inputs

8. The operation of major geological carbon sinks

9. The lost world rediscovered

Part III. The End of an Era: 10. The end-Cretaceous mass extinction

11. Seeking an explanation

12. The 'smoking gun'

13. The effects of the Chicxulub impact

Acknowledgements

References

Index.