Microfossils

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By Howard Armstrong and Martin Brasier

Summary

Microfossils by Howard Armstrong and Martin Brasier is a comprehensive exploration of tiny, ancient life forms that offer invaluable insights into Earth's history. It delves into the significance of microfossils in geology and palaeontology, explaining their role in dating rocks, reconstructing past environments, and understanding the evolution of life. The book serves as both an educational resource and a reference for understanding the Earth's earliest inhabitants and their impacts on our planet's history.
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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by the ancient world and want to explore the microscopic remains that reveal crucial details about Earth's history. It offers an insightful look into how microfossils are used to understand past environments and life's evolution, making it perfect for both aspiring palaeontologists and those with a keen interest in geology.

Covers the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology. This book also focuses on the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy.

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Microfossils is the definitive guide to all the major microfossil groups. In recent years, a greater understanding of species' concepts and stratigraphical ranges, advances in the completeness of the microfossil record, and the advent of molecular techniques in classification have led to major changes in the classification and applications of microfossils.

This new edition of Microfossils has been restructured and rewritten to take into account these significant advances. It provides a complete guide to the taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, and palaeoecology of microfossils, along with their applications.

This new edition includes major revisions incorporating the latest available research, a new section on isotopes, and on applications in stratigraphy, geothermometry, and evolution. It also covers the major developments in the use of microfossils in palaeo-oceanography and palaeoclimatology, and includes photographs to support the line drawings.

Microfossils is an essential reference tool and laboratory guide for undergraduate and graduate students of micropalaeontology.

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Microfossils by Howard Armstrong and Martin Brasier is highly regarded in the field of micropalaeontology. It is praised as an essential resource for students and recommended for introductory courses in micropalaeontology. The book is celebrated for its potential to inspire undergraduates and contribute to rejuvenating the skills pool in this scientific area.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780632052790

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 December 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 249.0mm

Weight: 671g

Pages: 306

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About the Author

Howard Armstrong has been researching micropalaeontology for twenty years and has published extensively on applied micropalaeontology, numerical biostratigraphy, conodont palaeobiology and dispersal biogeography. His research currently focuses on environmental and biological patterns and processes associated with Palaeozoic glaciations. He is Senior Lecturer in Micropalaeontology at the University of Durham.

Martin Brasier began research as a marine biologist aboard HMS Fox in 1970, mapping the microbial ecology of Caribbean reefs and algal mats. The author is well known for the first edition of Microfossils and for his work on early biosphere evolution, integrating microfossils, biogeochemistry and chemostratigraphy from the earliest signs of life in the Archaean through to the Cambrian explosion of multicellular forms. He maintains a special interest in the metabolism and evolution of bacterial and protist fossil groups, and has worked with NASA on the protocols for recognition of the earliest life on Earth and beyond. He is currently Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Oxford.