RE: paleonet Cretaceous seas...

["Dr. Peter Paul Smolka" <smolka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, David Kopaska-Merkel wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:53:17 -0500
> From: David Kopaska-Merkel <davidkm@gsa.state.al.us>
> Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
> To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
> Subject: RE: paleonet Cretaceous seas...
> 
> I am sure there is an estimate somewhere, but if you could get a percent of
> Earth's current land area above the elevation estimated for the seas if the
> existing ice caps melted entirely away, that would be another way to
> approach the problem.

... observing mountain-chains to rise afterwards of course.

The Scotese maps might be a good start ... if online in cartesian
available you might use the software "unscan-it" to get
the coordinates ... (I did not check the website since some time,
so I am not sure which current updates exist).

>
> David
>
>
> David C. Kopaska-Merkel
> Geological Survey of Alabama

Best regards

Peter

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk] On Behalf
> Of Mike Everhart
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:49 AM
> To: Vert Paleo list; Paleonet
> Subject: paleonet Cretaceous seas...
>
> All,
> Can someone point me to research that estimates the amount of the earth's
> surface covered by oceans during the Late Cretaceous?  Currently about 71%
> of the earth's surface is covered, but with no ice caps, high sea levels and
> epicontinental seas encroaching on most continents, it had to have been
> somewhere around 80-85%.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Everhart
> Adjunct Curator of Paleontology
> Sternberg Museum of Natural History
> Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
> www.oceansofkansas.com
>
>
>
>
>

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