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Hands-On Palaeontology : A Practical Manual
| Hands-On Palaeontology : A Practical Manual |
| Autore | Donovan Stephen K |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Dunedin Academic Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Disciplina | 560.1 |
| ISBN | 1-78046-664-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Foreword (by Professor David A.T. Harper, Durham University) -- Introduction -- Getting started -- Chapter 1 How to collect -- Chapter 2 Where to collect -- Chapter 3 What to collect -- Chapter 4 The field notebook -- Chapter 5 Measuring sections (and why) -- Chapter 6 The Law of Superposition -- Chapter 7 Fossiliferous sedimentary rocks: Siliciclastics -- Chapter 8 Fossiliferous sedimentary rocks: Limestones, flints, cherts and coals -- Chapter 9 Reworked fossils -- Chapter 10 Fossils as way-up structures -- Chapter 11 Fossils as current indicators -- Chapter 12 Your palaeontological library -- Chapter 13 Fossils in caves -- Chapter 14 Beachcombing -- Chapter 15 Common sense in the field -- Chapter 16 Collecting with a camera -- Chapter 17 Buying specimens -- Some theoretical aspects -- Chapter 18 Palaeoecology 1: The organism -- Chapter 19 Palaeoecology 2: Organism meets organism -- Chapter 20 Palaeoecology 3: Getting more information from the bed -- Chapter 21 Preservation 1: Fossilization -- Chapter 22 Preservation 2: Death -- Chapter 23 Preservation 3: Disarticulation, transport and residence -- Chapter 24 Preservation 4: Burial and diagenesis -- Chapter 25 Trace fossils -- Working on your collection at home -- Chapter 26 Storage -- Chapter 27 Labelling -- Chapter 28 Photography at home -- Chapter 29 Drawing -- Chapter 30 Specializing in your favourite fossil group -- Chapter 31 Writing descriptions -- Chapter 32 Casting from natural moulds -- Chapter 33 Problems with preservation -- The wider field: getting involved -- Chapter 34 Collaboration -- Chapter 35 Scientific societies -- Chapter 36 Conferences -- Chapter 37 Journals and magazines -- Chapter 38 Offprints, PDFs and filing -- Chapter 39 Visiting museums -- Chapter 40 Ideas for further involvement.
Chapter 41 Publishing I: Persuading you to get involved -- Chapter 42 Publishing II: The hard work of self-editing -- Chapter 43 Publishing III: How to publish a new species -- Fossils in many fields -- Chapter 44 The field guide -- Chapter 45 Field trip: Den Haag, the Netherlands -- Chapter 46 Field trip: The Piltdown Trail -- Chapter 47 Field trip: Overstrand to Cromer, Norfolk -- Chapter 48 Field trip: Cleveleys, Lancashire -- Chapter 49 Field trip: Queen Victoria's bathing beach, Isle of Wight -- Chapter 50 Field trip: Salthill Quarry, Clitheroe -- Chapter 51 Field trip: Hurdlow, Derbyshire -- Chapter 52 Field trip: Antigua -- Chapter 53 Field trip: Aktuo-Paläontologie of Southport Beach, Merseyside -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Hands-On Palaeontology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794551303321 |
Donovan Stephen K
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| Edinburgh : , : Dunedin Academic Press, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hands-On Palaeontology : A Practical Manual
| Hands-On Palaeontology : A Practical Manual |
| Autore | Donovan Stephen K |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Dunedin Academic Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Disciplina | 560.1 |
| ISBN | 1-78046-664-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Foreword (by Professor David A.T. Harper, Durham University) -- Introduction -- Getting started -- Chapter 1 How to collect -- Chapter 2 Where to collect -- Chapter 3 What to collect -- Chapter 4 The field notebook -- Chapter 5 Measuring sections (and why) -- Chapter 6 The Law of Superposition -- Chapter 7 Fossiliferous sedimentary rocks: Siliciclastics -- Chapter 8 Fossiliferous sedimentary rocks: Limestones, flints, cherts and coals -- Chapter 9 Reworked fossils -- Chapter 10 Fossils as way-up structures -- Chapter 11 Fossils as current indicators -- Chapter 12 Your palaeontological library -- Chapter 13 Fossils in caves -- Chapter 14 Beachcombing -- Chapter 15 Common sense in the field -- Chapter 16 Collecting with a camera -- Chapter 17 Buying specimens -- Some theoretical aspects -- Chapter 18 Palaeoecology 1: The organism -- Chapter 19 Palaeoecology 2: Organism meets organism -- Chapter 20 Palaeoecology 3: Getting more information from the bed -- Chapter 21 Preservation 1: Fossilization -- Chapter 22 Preservation 2: Death -- Chapter 23 Preservation 3: Disarticulation, transport and residence -- Chapter 24 Preservation 4: Burial and diagenesis -- Chapter 25 Trace fossils -- Working on your collection at home -- Chapter 26 Storage -- Chapter 27 Labelling -- Chapter 28 Photography at home -- Chapter 29 Drawing -- Chapter 30 Specializing in your favourite fossil group -- Chapter 31 Writing descriptions -- Chapter 32 Casting from natural moulds -- Chapter 33 Problems with preservation -- The wider field: getting involved -- Chapter 34 Collaboration -- Chapter 35 Scientific societies -- Chapter 36 Conferences -- Chapter 37 Journals and magazines -- Chapter 38 Offprints, PDFs and filing -- Chapter 39 Visiting museums -- Chapter 40 Ideas for further involvement.
Chapter 41 Publishing I: Persuading you to get involved -- Chapter 42 Publishing II: The hard work of self-editing -- Chapter 43 Publishing III: How to publish a new species -- Fossils in many fields -- Chapter 44 The field guide -- Chapter 45 Field trip: Den Haag, the Netherlands -- Chapter 46 Field trip: The Piltdown Trail -- Chapter 47 Field trip: Overstrand to Cromer, Norfolk -- Chapter 48 Field trip: Cleveleys, Lancashire -- Chapter 49 Field trip: Queen Victoria's bathing beach, Isle of Wight -- Chapter 50 Field trip: Salthill Quarry, Clitheroe -- Chapter 51 Field trip: Hurdlow, Derbyshire -- Chapter 52 Field trip: Antigua -- Chapter 53 Field trip: Aktuo-Paläontologie of Southport Beach, Merseyside -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Hands-On Palaeontology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819264903321 |
|
Donovan Stephen K
|
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| Edinburgh : , : Dunedin Academic Press, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||