The Earth Through Time, 10th Edition
by Harold L. Levin
CHAPTER 13—MESOZOIC EVENTS
Web Links
Berkeley’s Introduction to the Mesozoic Era
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/mesozoic.html
Introduction to the Mesozoic Era with links to stratigraphy, ancient life, localities,
and more.
Introduction to the Mesozoic Era
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/mesozoic/
Includes animation of the breakup of Pangea, dinosaur timeline, discussion of
continental drift, climate, plants and animals for each of the three periods of the
Mesozoic, with link to epochs and ages of the Mesozoic, from Enchanted
Learning.
Cretaceous of North America
http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=time_space&sectionnav=
period&period_id=18
Paleogeographic map, geologic map showing location of Cretaceous deposits in
North America, and links to more information on the Cretaceous, from the
Paleontology Portal. Click to zoom in on any state and see a map of Cretaceous
deposits. Click to jump to another period.
Atlantic Plain Province
http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/coastalplain/coastalplain.htm
Highlights of the Atlantic Coastal Plain from a U.S. Geological Survey and
National Park Service website. Includes a list of National Parks with Atlantic Plain
geology, including Assateague Island, Cape Hatteras, Cape Cod, Cumberland
Island, Padre Islands, and more. Includes information on the Chesapeake Bay
Impact Crater. Description of the rifting of Pangea with an animation.
Newark Basin Cores
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~polsen/nbcp/nbcp.html
A number of cores were drilled in the Newark Basin to document astronomicallycontrolled climate cycles recorded in lake sediments. Web site includes
stratigraphic column with lithology, formation names, geologic age, magnetic
polarity, paleolatitude and a cross-section of the basin.
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Zion National Park, Utah
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/zion/
Geology field notes for Zion National Park, published by the National Park
Service. Includes a discussion of the sedimentary layers, uplift, and erosion.
Geology of the Grand Staircase in Southern Utah: A Road Log and Guide
for Public School Teachers
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of02-172/chapters/chap6.pdf
A field trip guide for a two-day field trip with 16 stops in Permian through
Cretaceous sedimentary rocks in the Colorado Plateau region. By Larry E. Davis
and Robert L. Eves.
Ancient Seas of Manitoba
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppparchive/100/205/301/ic/cdc/ancientseas/main.htm
Overview of the Western Interior Seaway of North America during Late
Cretaceous. Geography, geology, Cretaceous creatures, fossils, and more. From
the Morden Museum, Manitoba, Canada. Includes a virtual tour of the museum.
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