Ancient Sedimentary Environments and the Habitats of Living Organisms
Title | Ancient Sedimentary Environments and the Habitats of Living Organisms PDF eBook |
Author | J.-C. Gall |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642689094 |
I am pleased to be able to introduce this book by Monsieur lean-Claude Gall, firstly because it is a book, secondly because its author has been a colleague for 15 years, and finally because it is a book which demonstrates the growing importance of Palaeobiology. "Because it is a book". I have already commented else where on the value which the Earth Science community places on a book. And here I am speaking, not of a thesis or a specialised memoir, which are always precious, but of a manual or text, which draws on the experts in the service of all. In the years preceding and following the Second World War, the number of "books" written by French geologists could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Today I am happy to see that the number of geological "books" is increas ing in France, taking the word "geology" in its broadest sense. This I see as a sign of the growth of the Earth Sciences.
Ancient Sedimentary Environments and the Habitats of Living Organisms
Title | Ancient Sedimentary Environments and the Habitats of Living Organisms PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Claude Gall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Paleoecology |
ISBN |
Techniques in Archaeological Geology
Title | Techniques in Archaeological Geology PDF eBook |
Author | Ervan Garrison |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2016-05-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3319302329 |
This 2nd edition is a survey level review of key areas of archaeological geology/geoarchaeology. Principal subject areas include: historical principles; archaeologic and geomorphic surfaces and landforms types; sediments and sediment analytic methods; archaeological stoney materials - petrographic and mineralogic attributes; ceramic materials - mineralogic composition and analytic methods; geochemical methods useful in archaeological geology - studies of materials; commonly used geochronological methods for archaeological geology. Contributions to paleoecology, paleoclimate and ancient cultures as well as multivariate ICP and EDX data are now included.
Ancient Sedimentary Environments and the Habitats of Living Organisms
Title | Ancient Sedimentary Environments and the Habitats of Living Organisms PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Claude Gall |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780387121376 |
Early Organic Evolution
Title | Early Organic Evolution PDF eBook |
Author | Manfred Schidlowski |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 565 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642768849 |
This volume is the final outcome of a conference designed to wrap up IOCP Project 157 (" Early Organic Evolution and Mineral and Energy Resources ") after a decade of prolific activity. The picturesque solitude of Maria Laach Abbey in the Eifel Mountains (FRO) provided the appropriate setting for a conclave of some 80 specialists from the various walks of the field who, during the week of Sept. 19 - 23, 1988, strived hard to define the state of the art in the principal segments of this Earth Science frontier. The following pages contain the essence of the conference transactions, giv ing a vivid cross-section of the activities pursued by IOCP Project 157 during its final years. The coverage of topics is not necessarily complete, but rather eclec tic in part. With regard to single papers dealing with modern analogues of ancient processes, the book title might even be considered a grave misnomer. Neverthe less, all contributions relate to the subject in the widest sense, and the reader should be reminded that much of the heterogeneity reflected by the volume de rives from the fact that it is primarily a research report from a highly inter disciplinary field rather than a textbook.
The Ends of the Earth
Title | The Ends of the Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Worster |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521348461 |
A unifying discussion of our increasingly integrated global economy, higher population levels and greater resource demands.
Dynamic Paleontology
Title | Dynamic Paleontology PDF eBook |
Author | Mark A.S. McMenamin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2016-06-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319227777 |
Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. Written in an engaging and informative style, Dynamic Paleontology outlines the best application of quantitative and other tools to critical problems in the paleontological sciences including such topics as analysis of the Cambrian Explosion and the question regarding the presence of life on Mars. The book considers how we think about certain types questions and shows how we can refine our approach to analysis right from the beginning of any particular research effort. The analytical tools presented here will have wide application to other fields of knowledge; as such the book represents a major contribution to our deployment of modern scientific method.