کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4581062 1333678 2012 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Were sauropod dinosaurs responsible for the warm Mesozoic climate?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک دانش خاک شناسی
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Were sauropod dinosaurs responsible for the warm Mesozoic climate?
چکیده انگلیسی

It was recently postulated that methane production by the giant Mesozoic sauropod dinosaurs was larger than the present-day release of this greenhouse gas by nature and man-induced activities jointly, thus contributing to the warm Mesozoic climate. This conclusion was reached by correct calculations, but these calculations were based on unrealistic assumptions: the researchers who postulated this dinosaur-induced warm climate did take into account neither the biomass production required for the sauropods' food, nor the constraints for the habitats in which the dinosaurs lived, thus neglecting the palaeogeographic conditions. This underlines the importance of palaeogeography for a good understanding of the Earth's geological history.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Palaeogeography - Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2012, Pages 138–148
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