Author: Barry G. FordhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foraminifera, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Miocene-Pleistocene Planktic Foraminifers from D.S.D.P. Sites 208 and 77
Author: Barry G. FordhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foraminifera, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification
Author: Alfred R. Loeblich Jr.Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 148995760X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2046
Book Description
Studies with the foraminiferida have often been hindered by widely scattered, inaccessible sources. This two-volume reference (text in one volume, plates in the other) examines 3,568 of the world's generic taxa, representing all geologic ages. Covering twice the number of genera as any other available reference, it is by far the most complete source on the foraminiferida.
Unlocking the Stratigraphical Record
Author: Peter DoylePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471974633
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
Stratigraphy is the key to understanding the geological evolution of the earth. It provides the framework for our interpretation of the sequences of events which have shaped the earth throughout its 4600 million years of existence. It provides the timescale with which we can determine the relative order of these events, and it provides the means whereby we can calibrate this using absolute ages in years. Stratigraphy is therefore the most fundamental subject in the science of geology, and all geologists are practising stratigraphers. Traditionally, however, stratigraphy has been considered as a Victorian science, a ponderous process of the naming and cataloguing of innumerable geological units most of which are of limited interest outside of a given geographical region. This view has been challenged in recent years through the development of new techniques such as sequence stratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy which have greatly enhanced our capability to interpret earth history. In this book many of the leading practitioners of modern stratigraphy have been gathered together to provide up-to-date and authoritative reviews of most of the important advances in the subject. As such it is the only volume to provide a comprehensive treatment of modern stratigraphy at an advanced undergraduate level.
Deciphering Growth
Author: J.-C. CarelPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 354028902X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Growth is a complex process that is essential to life. Not only does size play an important role in the process of cellular proliferation, but body size is also a critical factor in determining which organisms live longer. Evolution has been characterised by a dramatic increase in an organism’s body size, which is not only limited to the size of the brain.
Systematics and the Fossil Record
Author: Andrew B. SmithPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444313908
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This new text sets out to establish the key role played by systematics in deciphering patterns of evolution from the fossil record. It begins by considering the nature of the species in the fossil record and then outlines recent advances in the methodology used to establish phylogenetics relationships, stressing why fossil evidence can be crucial. The way species are grouped into higher taxa, and how this affects their utility in evolutionary studies is also discussed. Because the fossil record abounds with sampling and preservational biases, the book emphasizes that observed patterns can rarely be taken at face value. It is argued that evolutionary trees, constructed from combining phylogenetic and biostratigraphic data, provide the best approach for investigating patterns of evolution through geologic time. The only integrated text covering the study of evolutionary patterns from a phylogenetic stance.
Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program
Author: Ocean Drilling ProgramPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Borings
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Paleobiology
Author: Planktonic Foraminifers as Tracers of Ocean-climate History
Author: Gerard Johannes Augustinus BrummerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The British Micropalaeontologist
Author: BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics
Author: Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and GeophysicsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description