U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
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Page : 260 pages
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Release : 1984
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Page : 260 pages
File Size : 13,29 MB
Release : 1984
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Author : Robert M. Sullivan
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Fossils
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Author : Brian J. Witzke
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 29,48 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 081372306X
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Page : 562 pages
File Size : 22,57 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Geology
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Page : 592 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Geology
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Author : D.A.T. Harper
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 44,31 MB
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862393737
The Early Palaeozoic was a critical interval in the evolution of marine life on our planet. Through a window of some 120 million years, the Cambrian Explosion, Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, End Ordovician Extinction and the subsequent Silurian Recovery established a steep trajectory of increasing marine biodiversity that started in the Late Proterozoic and continued into the Devonian. Biogeography is a key property of virtually all organisms; their distributional ranges, mapped out on a mosaic of changing palaeogeography, have played important roles in modulating the diversity and evolution of marine life. This Memoir first introduces the content, some of the concepts involved in describing and interpreting palaeobiogeography, and the changing Early Palaeozoic geography is illustrated through a series of time slices. The subsequent 26 chapters, compiled by some 130 authors from over 20 countries, describe and analyse distributional and in many cases diversity data for all the major biotic groups plotted on current palaeogeographic maps. Nearly a quarter of a century after the publication of the ‘Green Book’ (Geological Society, London, Memoir12, edited by McKerrow and Scotese), improved stratigraphic and taxonomic data together with more accurate, digitized palaeogeographic maps, have confirmed the central role of palaeobiogeography in understanding the evolution of Early Palaeozoic ecosystems and their biotas.
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Page : 338 pages
File Size : 25,5 MB
Release : 1972
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Page : 464 pages
File Size : 27,97 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Biology
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Page : 872 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 852 pages
File Size : 22,94 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Agriculture
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