Fossil Plants - A Text-Book for Students of Botany and Geology

Klappentext The standard volumes on palaeobotany which synthesised earlier work and included new research, first published between 1898 and 1919. Zusammenfassung A. C. Seward (1863–1941) was an eminent English botanist and geologist. In these volumes, published between 1898 and 1919, Seward synthesised and revised the existing research on palaeobotany and included new material. Volume 1 contains an overview of palaeobotany with systematic descriptions of fossil plants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. General: 1. Historical sketch; 2. Relation of palaeobotany to botany and geology; 3. Geological history; 4. The preservation of plants as fossils; 5. Difficulties and sources of error in the determination of fossil plants; 6. Nomenclature; Part II. Systematic: 7. Thallophyta; 8. Bryophyta; 9. Pteridophyta (vascular cryptograms); 10. Equisetales (continued); 11. Sphenophyllales; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: A. C. Seward
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2011
• EAN: 9781108015950
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01595-0
• No. of pages: 478
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology