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Bibliographia zoologiae et geologiae: Volume 3: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts, and Memoirs on Zoology and Geology
ISBN: 9781108062527 / Angielski / Miękka / 670 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in Switzerland, Louis Agassiz (1807 73) distinguished himself as one of the most capable and industrious naturalists of the nineteenth century, working in fields as diverse as ichthyology and glaciology. In the late 1840s, he moved to North America, where he became a professor of zoology at Harvard and established the Museum of Comparative Zoology. His extensive bibliography of all known works relating to zoology and geology, which he had compiled for private use, was revised and substantially expanded by the English naturalist Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811 53) and published by the Ray...
Born in Switzerland, Louis Agassiz (1807 73) distinguished himself as one of the most capable and industrious naturalists of the nineteenth century, w...
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The Great American Biotic Interchange
ISBN: 9781468491838 / Angielski / Miękka / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two rather different elements combine to explain the origin of this volume: one scientific and one personal. The broader of the two is the scientific basis-the time for such a volume had arrived. Geology had made remarkable progress toward an understanding of the phys- ical history of the Caribbean Basin for the last 100 million years or so. On the biological side, many new discoveries had elucidated the distributional history of terrestrial orga- nisms in and between the two Americas. Geological and biological data had been combined to yield the timing of important events with unprecedented...
Two rather different elements combine to explain the origin of this volume: one scientific and one personal. The broader of the two is the scientific ...
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Taphonomy: Process and Bias Through Time
ISBN: 9789400734036 / Angielski / Miękka / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taphonomic bias is a pervasive feature of the fossil record. A pressing concern, however, is the extent to which taphonomic processes have varied through the ages. It is one thing to work with a biased data set and quite another to work with a bias that has changed with time. This book includes work from both new and established researchers who are using laboratory, field and data-base techniques to characterise and quantify the temporal and spatial variation in taphonomic bias. It may not provide all the answers but it will at least shed light on the right questions.
Taphonomic bias is a pervasive feature of the fossil record. A pressing concern, however, is the extent to which taphonomic processes have varied thro...
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Late Quaternary Environmental Change in North-West Europe: Excavations at Holywell Coombe, South-East England: Excavations at Holywell Coombe, South-E
ISBN: 9789401060592 / Angielski / Miękka / 425 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Holywell Coombe, an embayment in the chalk scarp overlooking Folkestone, Kent, was designated a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985 because it contains richly fossiliferous Late Quaternary sediments providing a unique archive of the last 13,000 years.
The construction of the Channel Tunnel across the Holywell Coombe SSSI brought about a major rescue excavation, funded by Eurotunnel, that set an important precedent in Earth Science conservation. This multidisciplinary investigation has added enormously to our understanding of the environment and natural history of the... Holywell Coombe, an embayment in the chalk scarp overlooking Folkestone, Kent, was designated a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985...
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Environmental Micropaleontology: The Application of Microfossils to Environmental Geology
ISBN: 9781461368700 / Angielski / Miękka / 481 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Microfossils are ideally suited to environmental studies because their short generation times allow them to respond rapidly to environmental change. This book represents an assessment of the progress made in environmental micropalaeontology and sets out future research directions. The taxa studied are mainly foraminifera, but include arcellaceans, diatoms, dinoflagellates, and ostracodes. The papers themselves range from reviews of applications of particular taxa to specific case studies.
Microfossils are ideally suited to environmental studies because their short generation times allow them to respond rapidly to environmental change. T...
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Receptaculitids: A Phylogenetic Debate on a Problematic Fossil Taxon
ISBN: 9781461371243 / Angielski / Miękka / 241 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Receptaculitids are extinct high-level fossils that provide a window into the history of life. After the discovery and analysis of a deposit of phosphatized receptaculitids on the Baltic Sea island of Oland, the authors conclude that receptaculitids possess an attribute not found in any other group of organisms, living or fossil.
Receptaculitids are extinct high-level fossils that provide a window into the history of life. After the discovery and analysis of a deposit of phosph...
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Controversy Catastrophism and Evolution: The Ongoing Debate
ISBN: 9781461372226 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Controversy, Trevor Palmer fully documents how traditional gradualistic views of biological and geographic evolution are giving way to a catastrophism that credits cataclysmic events, such as meteorite impacts, for the rapid bursts and abrupt transitions observed in the fossil record.
According to the catastrophists, new species do not evolve gradually; they proliferate following sudden mass extinctions. Placing this major change of perspective within the context of a range of ancient debates, Palmer discusses such topics as the history of the solar system, present-day... In Controversy, Trevor Palmer fully documents how traditional gradualistic views of biological and geographic evolution are giving way to a c...
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Techniques for Virtual Palaeontology
ISBN: 9781118591130 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Virtual palaeontology is the study of three-dimensional fossils on computer. Such digital reconstructions can be produced in a number of different ways, and have many applications.
Virtual palaeontology is the study of three-dimensional fossils on computer. Such digital reconstructions can be produced in a number of different way...
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The Holocene: An Environmental History
ISBN: 9781118712573 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 years ago. This period has witnessed a shift from environmental changes determined by natural forces to those dominated by human actions, including those of climate and greenhouse gases. Understanding the environmental changes - both natural and anthropogenic - that have occurred during the Holocene is of crucial importance if we are to achieve a sustainable environmental future. The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of how the natural world has been transformed since th... |
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Cambrian Ocean World: Ancient Sea Life of North America
ISBN: 9780253011824 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume, aimed at the general reader, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history. During this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appeared. Although life had been around for more than 2 million millennia, Cambrian rocks preserve the record of the first appearance of complex animals with eyes, protective skeletons, antennae, and complex ecologies. Grazing, predation, and multi-tiered ecosystems with animals living in, on, or above the sea floor... This volume, aimed at the general reader, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The ... |
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Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life: Numerical Approaches to the Evaluation of Fossils and Ancient Ecosystems
ISBN: 9789400735477 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides a detailed description of a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation separated into individual chapters written by paleontologists with expertise in the given methodology. Each chapter outlines the strengths and limitations of specific numerical or technological approaches, and ultimately applies the chosen method to a real fossil dataset or sample type. A unifying theme throughout the book is the evaluation of fossils during the prologue and epilogue of one of the most exciting events in Earth History: the Cambrian radiation.
This volume provides a detailed description of a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation separated into ...
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Devonian Spore Assemblages from North-Western Gondwana: Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy
ISBN: 9781118730638 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Guide to the identification and description for 205 spore taxa and forms the basis for a refined biostratigraphy and palaeogeography Devonian spores from 16 subsurface successions in Saudi Arabia and North Africa are systematically documented to characterize assemblages for the northern margin of western Gondwana.
A Guide to the identification and description for 205 spore taxa and forms the basis for a refined biostratigraphy and palaeogeography Devonian spores...
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Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico
ISBN: 9780253011831 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. The book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, plesiosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs, and last but not least, dinosaurs. In addition, chapters focus on trackways and other trace fossils and on K/P boundary (the Chicxulub crater, beneath the Gulf of Mexico, has been hypothesized as the site of the boloid impact that killed off the... This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozo... |
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Dinosaurs in the Age of Reptiles
ISBN: 9781481247603 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book describes the major events in the history of dinosaurs and surrounding events in the Age of Reptiles. It is written about the world that dinosaurs lived in: environments, climate, bird evolution, origin of mammals, migrating continents, mass extinctions, asteroids and massive volcanic flows. For example, all three major episodes of volcanism are tied directly to major changes in dinosaur origin and evolution. Climates varied from intense heat in a single supercontinent at the beginning to equable climates and densely clothed forests as continents drifted apart. The book is...
This book describes the major events in the history of dinosaurs and surrounding events in the Age of Reptiles. It is written about the world that din...
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Outstanding Universal Values of the Lena Pillars Nature Park
ISBN: 9783659382352 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Outstanding universal values of the Lena Pillars Nature park. Those who have ever visited the mid-Lena river area in the Sakha Repulic (Yakutia), eastern Russia, are familiar with the grandiose Lena Pillars. Not far from them the Earths most ancient Oymuran reef is located. Here and in some other prehistoric natural sites of the Lena Pillars Nature Park mass appearance of many groups of skeletal marine animals first occurred on Earth more than 530 million years ago. The book, for the first time, most fully substantiates the outstanding universal value of these geological -...
Outstanding universal values of the Lena Pillars Nature park. Those who have ever visited the mid-Lena river area in the Sakha Repulic (Yakutia), ...
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Late Quaternary Environmental Change : Physical and Human Perspectives
ISBN: 9780130333445 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone. Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which the climate has shifted from arctic severity to the conditions of the present interglacial environment.
Addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone. Taking an ecolog...
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The Humans Who Went Extinct: Why Neanderthals died out and we survived
ISBN: 9780199239191 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hailed by Dan Agin in The Huffington Post as "fascinating...electrifying...an apocalyptic vision that puts a chill down one's back," this provocative book offers a new perspective on the extinction of the Neanderthals. Today, we think of Neanderthals as crude and clumsy, easily driven to extinction by the lithe, smart humans who came out of Africa some 100,000 years ago. But Clive Finlayson reminds us that the Neanderthals were another kind of human, and their culture was not so very different from that of our own ancestors. In this book, he presents a wider view of the events that led to the...
Hailed by Dan Agin in The Huffington Post as "fascinating...electrifying...an apocalyptic vision that puts a chill down one's back," this provocative ...
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Once & Future Giants: What Ice Age Extinctions Tell Us about the Fate of Earth's Largest Animals
ISBN: 9780199931163 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Mammoths, camels, and lions walked the ground that has become Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and foraged on the marsh land now buried beneath Chicago's streets. Then, just as the first humans reached the Americas, these Ice Age giants vanished forever. In Once and Future Giants, science writer Sharon Levy digs through the evidence surrounding Pleistocene large animal ("megafauna") extinction events worldwide, showing that understanding this history--and our part in it--is crucial for...
Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Mammoths, camels, and lions walked the ground that has become ...
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Chinese Fossil Vertebrates
ISBN: 9780231084833 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a comprehensive, chronologically ordered review of China's vertebrate fossil record. It also presents a history of vertebrate paleontological studies in China and an entree to some important issues of systematics, evolutionary history, paleoecology, taphonomy, and functional anatomy best elucidated by China's fossils.
This book is a comprehensive, chronologically ordered review of China's vertebrate fossil record. It also presents a history of vertebrate paleontolog...
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Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe
ISBN: 9780231116411 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids takes us on a journey through 65 million years, from the aftermath of the extinction of the dinosaurs to the glacial climax of the Pleistocene epoch; from the rain forests of the Paleocene and the Eocene, with their lemur-like primates, to the harsh landscape of the Pleistocene Steppes, home to the woolly mammoth. It is also a journey through space, following the migrations of mammal species that evolved on other continents and eventually met to compete or coexist in Cenozoic Europe. Finally, it is a journey through the complexity of mammalian...
Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids takes us on a journey through 65 million years, from the aftermath of the extinction of the dinosaurs to th...
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