(Ebook) Microfossils, Second Edition by Howard A. Armstrong, Martin D. Brasier(auth.) ISBN 9780632052790, 9781118685440, 0632052791, 111868544X

(Ebook) Microfossils, Second Edition by Howard A. Armstrong, Martin D. Brasier(auth.) ISBN 9780632052790, 9781118685440, 0632052791, 111868544X

This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology. particular attention is given to the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy numerous line and half-tone illustrations emphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontology only student-friendly micropaleontology text available Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–7): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 2 Micropalaeontology, Evolution and Biodiversity (pages 8–15): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 3 Microfossils in Stratigraphy (pages 16–24): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 4 Microfossils, Stable Isotopes and Ocean?Atmosphere History (pages 25–34): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 5 Microfossils as Thermal Metamorphic Indicators (pages 35–36): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 6 The Origin of Life and the Early Biosphere (pages 37–47): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 7 Emergence of Eukaryotes to the Cambrian Explosion (pages 48–58): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 8 Bacterial Ecosystems and Microbial Sediments (pages 59–67): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 9 Acritarchs and Prasinophytes (pages 69–79): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 10 Dinoflagellates and Ebridians (pages 80–95): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 11 Chitinozoa (pages 96–100): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 12 Scolecodonts (pages 101–103): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 13 Spores and Pollen (pages 104–125): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 14 Calcareous Nannoplankton: Coccolithophores and Discoasters (pages 127–141): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 15 Foraminifera (pages 142–187): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 16 Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) And Heliozoa (pages 188–199): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 17 Diatoms (pages 200–209): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 18 Silicoflagellates and chrysophytes (pages 210–214): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 19 Ciliophora: Tintinnids and Calpionellids (pages 215–218): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 20 Ostracods (pages 219–248): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. BrasierChapter 21 Conodonts (pages 249–272): Howard A. Armstrong and Martin D. Brasier