Biominerals and Fossils Through Time

ISBN-13: 9781108445764 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 502 str.

Jean-Pierre Cuif; Yannicke Dauphin; James E. Sorauf

Opis

Fossil biomineralizarion in a geologic framework for advanced students and researchers in paleontology, Earth history, evolution, sedimentology, geochemistry, and materials science.

Recenzje

'This is a very fine, very dense book, well-illustrated …' American Paleontologist

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The concept of microstructural sequence, as exemplified by mollusc shells and coral skeletons; 2. Compositional data on mollusc shells and coral skeletons; 3. Origin of microstructural diversity; 4. Diversity of structural and growth-mode patterns in skeletal Ca-carbonate of some plants and animals; 5. Connecting the layered growth and crystallization model to the chemical and physiological approaches; 6. Micro-crystallized and amorphous biominerals in bones, teeth and siliceous structures; 7. More information from the fossil records through a better understanding of their diagenetic behavior and fossilization status of biominerals; References; Index.