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Category : Paleobotany
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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The Palaeobotanist
Author: History of Palaeobotany
Author: A. J. BowdenPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862391741
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Often regarded as the 'Cinderella' of palaeontological studies, palaeobotany has a history that contains some fascinating insights into scientific endeavour, especially by palaeontologists who were perusing a personal interest rather than a career. The problems of maintaining research facilities in universities, especially in the modern era, are described and reveal a noticeable absence of a national UK strategy to preserve centres of excellence in an avowedly specialist area. Accounts of some of the pioneers demonstrate the importance of collaboration between taxonomists and illustrators. The importance of palaeobotany in the rise of geoconservation is outlined, as well as the significant and influential role of women in the discipline. Although this volume has a predominantly UK focus, two very interesting studies outline the history of palaeobotanical work in Argentina and China.
Fundamentals of Palaeobotany
Author: Sergei MeyenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400931514
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
There have been at least ten English-language textbooks of palaeobotany since D. H. Scott published the first edition of Studies inFossilBotany in 1900. Most have been written by scientists who were primarily botanists by training, and were aimed largely at a readership familiar with living plants. They tended to follow a general pattern of an introductory chapter on preservation of plants as fossils, followed by a systematic treatment, group by group. Only Seward in his Plant Life Through the Ages departed from this pattern in presenting a chronological sequence. In the present book, Meyen breaks with?is tradition. Although having a basically biological approach, he reaches out into all aspects of the history of plant life and the wider implication of its study. Only half of the present work deals sequentially with fossil plant groups, treated systematically. The remainder then explores those topics which most other textbooks have incidentally??e generally either ignored or have only mentioned rather problems of naming and classifying fragmentary plant fossils, their ecology; biogeography and palaeoclimatic significance and the contribution that?ey have made to the understanding of living plant morphology, and of the process of evolution.
Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: Fossilium Catalogus. II. Plantae. Pars 97
Author: Publisher: Alexander Doweld
ISBN: 9062991351
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Languages : en
Pages : 193
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Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965
Author: Henry Nathaniel AndrewsPublisher:
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Category : Paleobotany
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Geology of the Attean Quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine
Author: Eugene L. BoudettePublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Description of the geology of a glaciated terrane of lower Paleozoic rocks along the crest of the Boundary Mountain anticlinorium.
Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies
Author: Bandana SamantPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031518772
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Languages : en
Pages : 351
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Antarctic Paleobiology
Author: Thomas N. TaylorPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461232384
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Antarctic Paleobiology discusses the current status of paleobiology, principally paleobotany and palynology in Antarctica, and the interrelationship of Antarctic floras to those of other Gondwana continents. It provides a broad coverage of the major groups of plants on the one hand, while on the other seeking to evaluate the vegetational history and the physical and biological parameters that influence the distribution of floras through time and space. The biologic activity is discussed within a framework of the geologic history, including the tectonic and paleogeographic history of the region. Finally, the reader will find a comprehensive bibliography of Gondwana paleobotany and palynology.
The Systematics and Distribution of Permian Miospores
Author: George F. HartPublisher: Alexander Doweld
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Category : Paleobotany
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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