The Phanerozoic Carbon Cycle

"In The Phanerozoic Carbon Cycle, Robert Berner shows how carbon cycle models can be used to calculate levels of atmospheric CO[subscript 2] and O[subscript 2] over Phanerozoic time (the past 550 million years) and how results compare with independent methods. His analysis has implications for such disparate subjects as the evolution of land plants, the presence of giant ancient insects, the role of tectonics in paleoclimate, and the current debate over global warming and greenhouse gases."--BOOK JACKET.