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" Microfossils "
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BL
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631735
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Armstrong, Howard,1957-
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Microfossils
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition // Howard A. Armstrong, Martin D. Brasier
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vii, 296 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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0632052791
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: 9780632052790
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| Notes
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Revised edition of: Microfossils / M.D. Brasier. London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1980
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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pt. 1. Applied micropalaeontology. Introduction ; Micropalaeontology, evolution and biodiversity ; Microfossils in stratigraphy ; Microfossils, stable isotopes and ocean-atmosphere history ; Microfossils as thermal metamorphic indicators -- pt. 2. The rise of the biosphere. The origin of life and the early biosphere ; Emergence of eukaryotes to the Cambrian explosion ; Bacterial ecosystems and microbial sediments -- pt. 3. Organic-walled microfossils. Acritarchs and prasinophytes ; Dinoflagellates and ebridians ; Chitinozoa ; Scolecodonts ; Spores and pollen -- pt. 4. Inorganic-walled microfossils. Calcareous nannoplankton : coccolithophores and discoasters ; Formainifera ; Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) and Heliozoa ; Diatoms ; Silicoflagellates and chrysophytes ; Ciliophora : tintinnids and calpionellids ; Ostracods ; Conodonts -- Appendix : extraction methods
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"Microfossils is an essential reference tool and laboratory guide for undergraduate and graduate students of micropalaeontology."--Jacket
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| Subject
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Micropaleontology
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Micropaléontologie
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560
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QE719.A76 2005
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Brasier, M. D
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Brasier, M. D.
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