Cretaceous Fossils of South-Central Africa - An Illustrated Guide

List of contents

Introduction
Eustasy
Milankovitch cycles
The break-up of Gondwana
Vicariance
The terminal Cretaceous extinction event
Regional Geology
Namibia
Northern Cape
Western Cape
Lesotho
Swaziland
Eastern Cape
KwaZulu-Natal
Moçambique
Zimbabwe
Angola
Malawi
Zambia
Tanzania
References
Illustrations of Cretaceous fossils

About the author

Michael Cooper has a D. Phil. from Oxford University where he was a Wolfson Scholar, and is Honorary Curator of Palaeontology at the Durban Natural Science Museum, as well as an Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has studied the Cretaceous geology and palaeontology of south-central Africa for almost 50 years, concerned mainly with the biostratigraphy, evolution and classification of the molluscan faunas (ammonites, bivalves) and echinoids. He has published over 120 scientific articles on these subjects, his research involving fieldwork in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola.

Summary

This book serves as an introduction to the Cretaceous geology and palaeontology of south-central Africa, covering the whole of Southern and Eastern Africa and Angola. Fifty two plates illustrate almost 1000 species and provide a field guide to the macrofossils of the subcontinent. The book will be of value to field geologists, students and non-specialists with an interest in the natural world. A bibliography of the Cretaceous palaeontology and stratigraphy of the subcontinent is provided.
Features:

Provides a concise account of the Cretaceous geology for 13 African regions

Includes beautiful illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography

Fossils are presented in stratigraphical order, allowing easy determination of the age deposits.

Product details

• Authors: M. R. Cooper, Michael Cooper, Michael (Emeritus Professor Cooper, Michael Robert Cooper, Michael Robert (Emeritus Professor Cooper
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138336506
• ISBN: 978-1-138-33650-6
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Angola, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Central Africa, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Palaeontology, Geology & The Lithosphere