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Autore |
Armstrong Howard <1957-> |
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Microfossils |
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Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., c2005 |
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1-118-68544-X |
1-280-23713-9 |
1-282-02827-8 |
9786612028274 |
9786610237135 |
1-4051-4111-5 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed. /] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Rev. ed. of: Microfossils / M.D. Brasier. 1980. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 microfossils14 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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