Chapter 13 - Mesozoic Events

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§ionnav=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 astronomically- controlled 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.

Zion National Park, Utah http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/zion/

© 2013 JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 1 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/eppp- archive/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.