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Autore: | Armstrong Howard <1957-> |
Titolo: | Microfossils |
Pubblicazione: | Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., c2005 |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. / |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina: | 560 |
Soggetto topico: | Micropaleontology |
Altri autori: | BrasierM. D |
Note generali: | Rev. ed. of: Microfossils / M.D. Brasier. 1980. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 biostratigraphynumerous line and half-tone illustrationsemphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontologyonly student-friendly micropaleontology text available |
Titolo autorizzato: | Microfossils |
ISBN: | 1-118-68544-X |
1-280-23713-9 | |
1-282-02827-8 | |
9786612028274 | |
9786610237135 | |
1-4051-4111-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813610503321 |
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