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050 0 0 _aQE651
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100 1 _aMcGowran, Brian,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBiostratigraphy :
_bmicrofossils and geological time /
_cBrian McGowran.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2005.
300 _a1 online resource (xx, 459 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aBiogeohistory and the development of classical biostratigraphy -- The biostratigraphy of fossil microplankton -- Biostratigraphy: its integration into modern geochronology -- Biostratigraphy and biohistorical theory I: evolution and correlation -- Systemic stratigraphy: beyond classical biostratigraphy -- Biostratigraphy and biohistorical theory II: carving nature at the joints -- Biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphic classification -- On biostratigraphy and biogeohistory.
520 _aUsing fossils to tell geological time, biostratigraphy balances biology with geology. In modern geochronology - meaning timescale-building and making correlations between oceans, continents and hemispheres - the microfossil record of speciations and extinctions is integrated with numerical dates from radioactive decay, geomagnetic reversals through time, and the cyclical wobbles of the earth-sun-moon system. This important modern synthesis follows the development of biostratigraphy from classical origins into petroleum exploration and deep-ocean drilling. It explores the three-way relationship between species of microorganisms, their environment and their evolution through time as expressed in skeletons preserved as fossils. This book is essential reading for advanced students and researchers working in basin analysis, sequence stratigraphy, palaeoceanography, palaeobiology and related fields.
650 0 _aPaleontology, Stratigraphic.
650 0 _aGeology, Stratigraphic.
650 0 _aGeochronometry.
650 0 _aStratigraphic correlation.
650 0 _aMicropaleontology.
650 0 _aPaleontology.
650 0 _aFossils.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521837507
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511610653
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