Applied Palaeontology

Klappentext This 2006 book is a valuable reference for scientists and professionals involved in the applications of palaeontology. Zusammenfassung Applied Palaeontology! first published in 2006! adopts a holistic! integrated approach to palaeontology. After an introduction to fossils! the principal groups are studied in detail. Latter sections focus on their applications in interpreting earth and life processes and environments. A valuable reference for scientists and professionals involved in the applications of palaeontology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Fossils and fossilisation; 3. Principal fossil groups; 4. Palaeobiology; 5. Key biological events in earth history; 6. Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy; 7. Case histories of applications of palaeontology; References.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Wynn Jones, Robert Wynn (Natural History Museum Jones, Jones Robert Wynn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2012
• EAN: 9781107407442
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40744-2
• No. of pages: 452
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Palaeontology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology