TY - JOUR
T1 - Tethys ocean
AU - Wood, Rachel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The Tethys was an ancient east–west ocean that existed from 250 to �50 million years ago. Many of the Earth’s tropical continental shelves at this time were found around the margins of the Tethys Ocean, making the Tethys host to many reefs for a considerable part of the Mesozoic and into the Cenozoic. The Tethys was a center of tremendous marine biodiversity, and regional faunal differentiation has been recorded for almost every major period of geological time. At its greatest extent, the Tethys Ocean was part of a continuous series of oceans that covered the Earth between �30� N and the equator, creating circulation patterns quite unlike those known today.
AB - The Tethys was an ancient east–west ocean that existed from 250 to �50 million years ago. Many of the Earth’s tropical continental shelves at this time were found around the margins of the Tethys Ocean, making the Tethys host to many reefs for a considerable part of the Mesozoic and into the Cenozoic. The Tethys was a center of tremendous marine biodiversity, and regional faunal differentiation has been recorded for almost every major period of geological time. At its greatest extent, the Tethys Ocean was part of a continuous series of oceans that covered the Earth between �30� N and the equator, creating circulation patterns quite unlike those known today.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_158
DO - 10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_158
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052637782
SN - 1388-4360
VL - Part 2
SP - 1084
EP - 1086
JO - Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
JF - Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
ER -