Microfossils
2. Edition December 2004
306 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-632-05279-0
John Wiley & Sons
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
Preface.
Part 1 Applied micropalaeontology.
Part 2 The rise of the biosphere.
Part 3 Organic walled microfossils.
Part 4 Inorganic walled microfossils.
Systematic Index.
General Index
Part 1 Applied micropalaeontology.
Part 2 The rise of the biosphere.
Part 3 Organic walled microfossils.
Part 4 Inorganic walled microfossils.
Systematic Index.
General Index
"If I were a student once again starting out in my
micropalaeontological career, this would have to be on my shopping
list...It is books like this that will hopefully catch the interest
of undergraduates and persuade them to continue within the field
and regenerate our ageing skills pool." (Newsletter of
Micropalaeontology, September 2005)
"Overall, I found the second edition of Microfossils to
be an excellent book and one I highly recommend....[it] will make
an excellent text for an introductory course in micropaleontology,
or as a supplement to an invertebrate paleontology course."
(American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
Newsletter, April 2006)
"...a very valuabel re-addition to the micropalaeontological
literature available to undergraduate students..." (Journal of
Quaternary Science, June 2006)
micropalaeontological career, this would have to be on my shopping
list...It is books like this that will hopefully catch the interest
of undergraduates and persuade them to continue within the field
and regenerate our ageing skills pool." (Newsletter of
Micropalaeontology, September 2005)
"Overall, I found the second edition of Microfossils to
be an excellent book and one I highly recommend....[it] will make
an excellent text for an introductory course in micropaleontology,
or as a supplement to an invertebrate paleontology course."
(American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
Newsletter, April 2006)
"...a very valuabel re-addition to the micropalaeontological
literature available to undergraduate students..." (Journal of
Quaternary Science, June 2006)
Howard Armstrong has been researching micropalaeontology for
twenty years and has published extensively on applied
micropalaeontology, numerical biostratigraphy, conodont
palaeobiology and dispersal biogeography. His research currently
focuses on environmental and biological patterns and processes
associated with Palaeozoic glaciations. He is Senior Lecturer in
Micropalaeontology at the University of Durham.
Martin Brasier began research as a marine biologist
aboard HMS Fox in 1970, mapping the microbial ecology of Caribbean
reefs and algal mats. The author is well known for the first
edition of Microfossils and for his work on early biosphere
evolution, integrating microfossils, biogeochemistry and
chemostratigraphy from the earliest signs of life in the Archaean
through to the Cambrian explosion of multicellular forms. He
maintains a special interest in the metabolism and evolution of
bacterial and protist fossil groups, and has worked with NASA on
the protocols for recognition of the earliest life on Earth and
beyond. He is currently Professor of Palaeobiology at the
University of Oxford.
twenty years and has published extensively on applied
micropalaeontology, numerical biostratigraphy, conodont
palaeobiology and dispersal biogeography. His research currently
focuses on environmental and biological patterns and processes
associated with Palaeozoic glaciations. He is Senior Lecturer in
Micropalaeontology at the University of Durham.
Martin Brasier began research as a marine biologist
aboard HMS Fox in 1970, mapping the microbial ecology of Caribbean
reefs and algal mats. The author is well known for the first
edition of Microfossils and for his work on early biosphere
evolution, integrating microfossils, biogeochemistry and
chemostratigraphy from the earliest signs of life in the Archaean
through to the Cambrian explosion of multicellular forms. He
maintains a special interest in the metabolism and evolution of
bacterial and protist fossil groups, and has worked with NASA on
the protocols for recognition of the earliest life on Earth and
beyond. He is currently Professor of Palaeobiology at the
University of Oxford.
