Microfossils
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Microfossils
Blackwell Pub., 2005
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Rev. ed. of: Microfossils / M.D. Brasier. 1980
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology.
particular attention is given to the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy
numerous line and half-tone illustrations
emphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontology
only student-friendly micropaleontology text available
Table of Contents
Preface. Part 1 Applied micropalaeontology.
Chapter 1 Introduction.
Chapter 2 Micropalaeontology, evolution and biodiversity.
Chapter 3 Microfossils in Stratigraphy.
Chapter 4 Microfossils, stable isotopes and ocean-atmosphere history.
Chapter 5 Microfossils as thermal metamorphic indicators.
Part 2 The rise of the biosphere.
Chapter 6 The origin of life and the Archean biosphere.
Chapter 7 Emergence of eukaryotes to the Cambrian explosion.
Chapter 8 Bacterial ecosystems and microbial sediments.
Part 3 Organic walled microfossils.
Chapter 9 Acritarchs and prasinophytes.
Chapter 10 Dinoflagellates and Ebridians.
Chapter 11 Chitinozoa.
Chapter 12 Scolecodonts.
Chapter 13 Spores and pollen.
Part 4 Inorganic walled microfossils.
Chapter 14 Calcareous nannoplankton: Coccolithophores and Discoasters.
Chapter 15 Formainifera.
Chapter 16 Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) and Heliozoa.
Chapter 17 Diatoms.
Chapter 18 Silicoflagellates and Chrysophytes.
Chapter 19 Ciliophora: Tintinnids and Calpionellids.
Chapter 20 Ostracods.
Chapter 21 Conodonts.
Systematic Index.
General Index.
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