Microfossils.
Başlık:
Microfossils.
Yazar:
Armstrong, Howard.
ISBN:
9781405141116
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Basım Bilgisi:
2nd ed.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (304 pages)
İçerik:
Preface -- PART 1 Applied micropalaeontology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Micropalaeontology, evolution and biodiversity -- 3 Microfossils in stratigraphy -- 4 Microfossils, stable isotopes and ocean-atmosphere history -- 5 Microfossils as thermal metamorphic indicators -- PART 2 The rise of the biosphere -- 6 The origin of life and the early biosphere -- 7 Emergence of eukaryotes to the Cambrian explosion -- 8 Bacterial ecosystems and microbial sediments -- PART 3 Organic-walled microfossils -- 9 Acritarchs and prasinophytes -- 10 Dinoflagellates and ebridians -- 11 Chitinozoa -- 12 Scolecodonts -- 13 Spores and pollen -- PART 4 Inorganic-walled microfossils -- 14 Calcareous nannoplankton: coccolithophores and discoasters -- 15 Foraminifera -- 16 Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) and Heliozoa -- 17 Diatoms -- 18 Silicoflagellates and chrysophytes -- 19 Ciliophora: tintinnids and calpionellids -- 20 Ostracods -- 21 Conodonts -- Appendix - Extraction methods -- Systematic Index -- General Index.
Özet:
This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology. particular attention is given to the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy numerous line and half-tone illustrations emphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontology only student-friendly micropaleontology text available.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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