'ICEHOUSE' WORLD |
'HOTHOUSE'WORLD |
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Example |
Late Cenozoic & Late Paleozoic |
Mesozoic - Early Cenozoic |
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Tectonic Style |
Collision, Telescoping |
Stretching, Rifting |
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Sea Floor Spreading |
Slow |
Rapid |
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Ridge, Subduction Volcanism |
Low |
High |
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Sea-level |
Narrow Shelves |
Broad Epeiric Seas |
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High Latitude Climates |
Glaciers, Taiga (T) & Tundra (T) |
Deciduous Forests (L) |
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Mid Latitude Climates |
Deciduous Forests (T) with Glacial Advances & Steppe |
'Tropical' Wet & Stressed (P) Forests |
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Low Latitude Climates |
Rainforests, Savanna (P) & Deserts |
Savanna (P) & Deserts |
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Ocean Basins |
Cold, Oxygenated |
Warm, often Anoxic |
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Weathering, Erosion |
Fast, Mechanical |
Slow, Chemical |
Abbreviations are for Seasonal Controls: L = Light, T = Temperature & P = Precipitation