According to Jones and Smith (1973) the potential adverse effect of maternal alcoholism on the development of the offspring has been referred to in early Greek and Roman mythology. In a Carthaginian ritual, the bridal couple was forbidden to drink wine on their wedding night in order that defective children might not be conceived (Haggard and Jellinek 1942). Also, according to lones and Smith (1973,1975), the British House of Commons indicated in 1834, in a report by a select committee investigating drunk- enness, that infants born to alcoholic mothers sometimes had a starved, shrivelled and...
According to Jones and Smith (1973) the potential adverse effect of maternal alcoholism on the development of the offspring has been referred to in ea...
The book presents a new and comprehensive model for the development of phosphate sediments. Starting with geochemistry and including new methods in sedimentology (sequence stratigraphy), it results in an interdisciplinary approach to a resource system covering all fields of phosphate geology. For researchers, teachers and students alike the book offers a complete overview of the whole field including case studies of major deposits.
The book presents a new and comprehensive model for the development of phosphate sediments. Starting with geochemistry and including new methods in se...
