Stromatolites [[electronic resource] /] / Ken McNamara
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McNamara Ken
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| Titolo: |
Stromatolites [[electronic resource] /] / Ken McNamara
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| Pubblicazione: | Welshpool, : Western Australian Museum, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (92 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 579.39 |
| Soggetto topico: | Stromatolites - Australia |
| Cyanobacteria - Australia | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction; Living Stromatolites; Marine Stromatolites; Lacustrine Stromatolites; Fossil Stromatolites; Evolving Stromatolites; Stromatolites and Changing Day Length; Stromatolite Conservation; Acknowledgements; Further Reading |
| Sommario/riassunto: | David Attenborough began his extraordinary tv series, The Living Planet at Shark Bay in Australia's northwest, because crossing the low dunes and descending to the beach is like slipping billions of years back in time. Where the waves gently break on the shore are stromatolites, rising like rows of concrete cauliflowers from the ocean. While they may look like inanimate rocks, examining a piece from the surface under a powerful microscope shows that it is teeming with life. Stromatolites are complex domes or columns of sediment formed by microbiological communities. These 'living rocks', as th |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Stromatolites |
| ISBN: | 1-920843-88-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465600903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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