Modeling changes in climate during past mass extinctions von Julia Brugger ; Gutachter: Georg Feulner, Wolfgang Lucht, Kai Wünnemann ; Betreuer: Stefan Rahmstorf, Georg Feulner 

Erscheinungsform: einbändiges Werk
Autor/Urheber:
  • Brugger, Julia
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Körperschaft: Universität Potsdam
Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 187 Seiten, 69641 KB) Diagramme
Nebentitel: Modellierung von Klimaveränderungen während vergangener Massenaussterben
Anmerkungen: kumulative Dissertation
Identifikatoren/​Sonstige Nummern: 1795245026 [PPN]
Inhalt:
  • The evolution of life on Earth has been driven by disturbances of different types and magnitudes over the 4.6 million years of Earth’s history (Raup, 1994, Alroy, 2008). One example for such disturbances are mass extinctions which are characterized by an exceptional increase in the extinction rate affecting a great number of taxa in a short interval of geologic time (Sepkoski, 1986). During the 541 million years of the Phanerozoic, life on Earth suffered five exceptionally severe mass extinctions named the “Big Five Extinctions”. Many mass extinctions are linked to changes in climate (Feulner, 2009). Hence, the study of past mass extinctions is not only intriguing, but can also provide insights into the complex nature of the Earth system. This thesis aims at deepening our understanding of the triggers of mass extinctions and how they affected life. To accomplish this, I investigate changes in climate during two of the Big Five extinctions using a coupled climate model. During the Devonian (419.2–358.9 million years ago) the first ...
URL: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-532468
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