{"product_id":"microfossils-paperback-softback-9780632052790","title":"Microfossils (Paperback \/ softback) 9780632052790","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMicrofossils\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHoward Armstrong (Author), Martin Brasier (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780632052790, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.9 x 19 x 1.6 cm, 0.671 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"If I were a student once again starting out in my micropalaeontological career, this would have to be on my shopping list...It is books like this that will hopefully catch the interest of undergraduates and persuade them to continue within the field and regenerate our ageing skills pool.\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsletter of Micropalaeontology\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2005)\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Overall, I found the second edition of \u003ci\u003eMicrofossils\u003c\/i\u003e to be an excellent book and one I highly recommend....[it] will make an excellent text for an introductory course in micropaleontology, or as a supplement to an invertebrate paleontology course.\" (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...a very valuabel re-addition to the micropalaeontological literature available to undergraduate students...\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Quaternary Science\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text \u003ci\u003eMicrofossils\u003c\/i\u003e (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eparticular attention is given to the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003enumerous line and half-tone illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eemphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eonly student-friendly micropaleontology text available\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Applied micropalaeontology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Micropalaeontology, evolution and biodiversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Microfossils in Stratigraphy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Microfossils, stable isotopes and ocean-atmosphere history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Microfossils as thermal metamorphic indicators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 The rise of the biosphere.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 The origin of life and the Archean biosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Emergence of eukaryotes to the Cambrian explosion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Bacterial ecosystems and microbial sediments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Organic walled microfossils.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Acritarchs and prasinophytes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Dinoflagellates and Ebridians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Chitinozoa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Scolecodonts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Spores and pollen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 Inorganic walled microfossils.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Calcareous nannoplankton: Coccolithophores and Discoasters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Formainifera.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) and Heliozoa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Diatoms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Silicoflagellates and Chrysophytes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 Ciliophora: Tintinnids and Calpionellids.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 Ostracods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 Conodonts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystematic Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" 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