Download or read book The Palaeobotanist written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Palaeobotany written by A. J. Bowden and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2005 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often regarded as the 'Cinderella' of palaeontological studies, palaeobotany has a history that contains some fascinating insights into scientific endeavour, especially by palaeontologists who were perusing a personal interest rather than a career. The problems of maintaining research facilities in universities, especially in the modern era, are described and reveal a noticeable absence of a national UK strategy to preserve centres of excellence in an avowedly specialist area. Accounts of some of the pioneers demonstrate the importance of collaboration between taxonomists and illustrators. The importance of palaeobotany in the rise of geoconservation is outlined, as well as the significant and influential role of women in the discipline. Although this volume has a predominantly UK focus, two very interesting studies outline the history of palaeobotanical work in Argentina and China.

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Palaeobotany written by Sergei Meyen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been at least ten English-language textbooks of palaeobotany since D. H. Scott published the first edition of Studies inFossilBotany in 1900. Most have been written by scientists who were primarily botanists by training, and were aimed largely at a readership familiar with living plants. They tended to follow a general pattern of an introductory chapter on preservation of plants as fossils, followed by a systematic treatment, group by group. Only Seward in his Plant Life Through the Ages departed from this pattern in presenting a chronological sequence. In the present book, Meyen breaks with?is tradition. Although having a basically biological approach, he reaches out into all aspects of the history of plant life and the wider implication of its study. Only half of the present work deals sequentially with fossil plant groups, treated systematically. The remainder then explores those topics which most other textbooks have incidentally??e generally either ignored or have only mentioned rather problems of naming and classifying fragmentary plant fossils, their ecology; biogeography and palaeoclimatic significance and the contribution that?ey have made to the understanding of living plant morphology, and of the process of evolution.

Download or read book Fossilium catalogus written by and published by Alexander Doweld. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants 1820 1965 written by Henry Nathaniel Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fossilium Catalogus II Plantae Pars 97 written by and published by Alexander Doweld. This book was released on 1994 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fossilium catalogus written by S. J.. Dijkstra and published by Alexander Doweld. This book was released on 1983 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geology of the Attean Quadrangle Somerset County Maine written by Eugene L. Boudette and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies written by Bandana Samant and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Antarctic Paleobiology written by Thomas N. Taylor and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antarctic Paleobiology discusses the current status of paleobiology, principally paleobotany and palynology in Antarctica, and the interrelationship of Antarctic floras to those of other Gondwana continents. It provides a broad coverage of the major groups of plants on the one hand, while on the other seeking to evaluate the vegetational history and the physical and biological parameters that influence the distribution of floras through time and space. The biologic activity is discussed within a framework of the geologic history, including the tectonic and paleogeographic history of the region. Finally, the reader will find a comprehensive bibliography of Gondwana paleobotany and palynology.

Download or read book The Systematics and Distribution of Permian Miospores written by George F. Hart and published by Alexander Doweld. This book was released on 1965-08-14 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Coal A Window to Past Climate and Vegetation written by Miryam Glikson-Simpson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the Permian time slice in the geological history of Gondwana, which includes Australia, India, South Africa, Antarctica and South America. Coal is an organic rock, the product of compressed and ‘cooked’ plants. The exact formation of coal via physicochemical reactions, burial and subsidence is the subject of numerous books. The vast thick coal deposits characterising Gondwana formed from special kind of trees termed the Glossopteris Flora. These trees shed their leaves in winter and with the rest of their remains decayed and through subsidence and burial formed the coal. Pollen preserved from these plant communities has been concentrated and isolated and is the focus of this book. The first plant communities as can be seen from the pollen graphs in this book were impoverished in species. The Permian era started with a very cold climate and as the climate warmed more and more diverse vegetation took hold. The emergence of different forms of pollen at certain times in the Permian is used as an indicator of climatic change. Furthermore, the predominance of algal spores in some samples and lack of representation by pollen of Glossopteris point to significant changes in the climate which led to the disappearance of their pollen and the accumulation of spores representing algal communities. These climate induced changes are noticed in their completed transformation after a long time span; small changes are evident during a lifetime of Earth’s inhabitants. Today, in our lifetime, we can see and witness the drying of many lakes across the Earth and their total disappearance from maps of only 50 years ago is a testimony to a climatic change taking place. The time of a ‘complete’ change in the Permian is possible to calculate. However, to determine the duration and maximum change in the climate of the earth today is impossible due to the apparent acceleration of the process by industrial activities of our species. Chapter 4 in the book deals with the special characteristics of the Permian coals of Gondwana and the special plant community which made them. The composition of these coals on a microscopic level shows them to be rich in hydrocarbons, more than other coals. The Permian coals of India and Australia generate ‘heavy’ oil which is retained within the coal matrix as bitumen and is a potential source of methane. This chapter demonstrates through a pilot study the potential for explosion in the Permian Gondwana coals through their propensity to spontaneous combustion and methane generation.

Download or read book History of Biological Science written by Brij Mohan Johri and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a concise account of the historical aspects of the ‘history of biological sciences’, during the ancient, medieval and modern periods. The status of science in ancient civilizations has been traced and highlighted. Major discoveries and concepts which resulted n amelioration of human pain and suffering, environmental control in the evolution of more complex organisms and survival of the fittest have been adequately dealt with. Also discussed are the discoveries unraveling the secrets of heredity and inheritance of character. The role of physiological and biological processes in the growth of plants and their development, significance of hormones and vitamins have been nicely covered.