Keywords:
Brasier, M. D
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Paleontology
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Paleobiology
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Fossils
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Fossils
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Paleobiology
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Paleontology
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Electronic book
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Paläontologie
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Fossil
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Präkambrium-Kambrium-Grenze
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Proterozoikum
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Oberproterozoikum
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Ediacara-Fauna
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Kambrium
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Mikropaläontologie
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Mesoproterozoikum
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Mikrofossil
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Brasier, Martin D. 1947-2014
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Paläontologe
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Highlands
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Biografie
Description / Table of Contents:
Dedication -- Contributions of Professor Martin Brasier to the study of early life, stratigraphy and biogeochemistry -- Understanding ancient life: how Martin Brasier changed the way we think about the fossil record -- X-ray microtomography as a tool for investigating the petrological context of Precambrian cellular remains -- Earliest microbial trace fossils in Archaean pillow lavas under scrutiny: new micro-X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy, metamorphic and morphological constraints -- Characterization of organic matter in the Torridonian using Raman spectroscopy -- Advanced analytical techniques for studying the morphology and chemistry of Proterozoic microfossils -- Contrasting microfossil preservation and lake chemistries within the 1200-1000 Ma Torridonian Supergroup of NW Scotland -- Evaluating evidence from the Torridonian Supergroup (Scotland, UK) for eukaryotic life on land in the Proterozoic -- Measuring the 'Great Unconformity' on the North China Craton using new detrital zircon age data -- Earth system transition during the Tonian-Cambrian interval of biological innovation: nutrients, climate, oxygen and the marine organic carbon capacitor -- Martin Brasier's contribution to the palaeobiology of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition -- Palaeoecology of Ediacaran metazoan reefs -- Ediacaran pre-placozoan diploblasts in the Avalonian biota: the role of chemosynthesis in the evolution of early animal life -- Rangeomorph classification schemes and intra-specific variation: are all characters created equal? -- Post-fossilization processes and their implications for understanding Ediacaran macrofossil assemblages -- 'Intrites' from the Ediacaran Longmyndian Supergroup, UK: a new form of microbially-induced sedimentary structure (MISS) -- The origin and occurrence of subaqueous sedimentary cracks -- The Precambrian-Phanerozoic and Ediacaran-Cambrian boundaries: a historical approach to a dilemma -- Ichnological evidence for the Cambrian explosion in the Ediacaran to Cambrian succession of Tanafjord, Finnmark, northern Norway -- Engineering the Cambrian explosion: the earliest bioturbators as ecosystem engineers -- Remarkable preservation of brain tissues in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur -- Earliest Cretaceous cocoons or plant seed structures from the Wealden Group, Hastings, UK -- Chemical relationships of ambers using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vii, 432 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781786202932
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178620293X
Series Statement:
Geological Society special publication no. 448
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1144/SP448
DDC:
560
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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