The Palaeobiogeography of China
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Bibliographic Information
The Palaeobiogeography of China
(Oxford biogeography series / editors, A. Hallam, B.R. Rosen, and T.C. Whitmore, 8)
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1994
Available at 10 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book makes accessible to a wide readership, unique and important research on the biology and geological history of China. Previously only available in Chinese, this information provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of the biogeography of all major groups of fossil organisms throughout the Phanerozoic.
The book incorporates the latest ideas on global tectonics and ancient climate belts for evaluating how the complex geological history of China has affected organic distributions. Each geological period is considered individually, as are the different regions of China.
Readers will find out what organisms inhabited the ancient seas and lands of China, the conditions in which they lived, and when and how the disintegration of Gondwanaland and the accretion of Eurasia led to the formation of modern China.
A fascinating look at one of little-known areas of the modern world, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in China and the earth sciences in general.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Sinian
- 2. Cambrian
- 3. Ordovician
- 4. Silurian
- 5. Devonian
- 6. Carboniferous
- 7. Permian
- 8. Triassic
- 9. Jurassic
- 10. Cretaceous
- 11. Tertiary
- 12. Quaternary
- 13. Implications of the palaeobiogeographical provincialization of China for plate tectonics
- 14. Implications of palaeobiogeographical provincialization for the Mesozoic and Cenozoic palaeoclimate and palaeodrainage of China
- Addendum of names
- Index of Chinese geographical localities
- Subject index
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