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TABLE 8b: INFERRED TERTIARY PALAEOCLIMATES<br />

Meteorological INFERRED<br />

PALAEOCLIMATE<br />

parameter North-West North-East Centre South-West central southern South-East Tasmania<br />

TIME SLICE T-1: PALEOCENE 65-54.8 Ma<br />

temperature upper mesotherm lower mesotherm mesotherm range # upper mesotherm * lower mesotherm lower mesotherm upper microtherm<br />

rainfall subhumid-?humid humid-perhumid humid subhumid-humid humid-perhumid humid-perhumid perhumid seasonality strong (rainfall) weak (rainfall) weak (rainfall) strong (rainfall) weak (rainfall) ±uniform (rainfall) ±uniform (rainfall)<br />

TIME SLICE T-2: EARLY EOCENE 54.8-49 Ma<br />

temperature megatherm range * mesotherm range upper mesotherm upper mesotherm * upper mesotherm * upper mesotherm * mesotherm range *<br />

rainfall perhumid humid-perhumid perhumid perhumid humid-perhumid humid-perhumid perhumid<br />

seasonality strong (rainfall) weak (rainfall) weak (rainfall) strong (rainfall) weak (rainfall)? weak (rainfall) weak (temperature)<br />

TIME SLICE T-3: MIDDLE to LATE EOCENE 49-33.7 Ma<br />

temperature megatherm range * mesotherm range * mesotherm range mesotherm range mesotherm range * mesotherm range micro-mesotherm<br />

rainfall humid-perhumid perhumid humid-perhumid humid-perhumid perhumid perhumid perhumid<br />

seasonality strong (rainfall) weak (rainfall) variable (rainfall) variable (rainfall) weak (rainfall) weak (rainfall) ±uniform (rainfall)<br />

TIME SLICE T-4: OLIGOCENE to MIDDLE MIOCENE 33.7-11.2 Ma<br />

temperature megatherm range mesotherm range * lower mesotherm lower mesotherm lower mesotherm mesotherm range microtherm range<br />

rainfall subhumid-semiarid perhumid humid subhumid-humid perhumid humid-perhumid perhumid<br />

seasonality strong (rainfall) weak (rainfall) variable (rainfall) variable (rainfall) weak (rainfall) variable (rainfall) ±uniform (rainfall)<br />

TIME SLICE T-5: LATE MIOCENE to PLIOCENE 11.2-1.78 Ma<br />

temperature megatherm range upper mesotherm lower mesotherm mesotherm range mesotherm range mesotherm range microtherm range<br />

rainfall subhumid-semiarid humid-perhumid subhumid-humid subhumid-humid subhumid-semiarid humid-perhumid perhumid<br />

seasonality strong (rainfall) strong (rainfall) strong (rainfall) strong (rainfall) strong (rainfall) weak (temperature) strong (temperature)<br />

# possibly Early Eocene<br />

* Nypa present<br />

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