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Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites
Robert . Ed(S): Riding
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Description for Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites
Paperback. Includes articles originally presented at the 4th International Symposium on Fossil Algae, held in Cardiff, July 1987. Editor(s): Riding, Robert. Num Pages: 571 pages, 378 black & white illustrations, 23 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSV; RBG; RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 884.
"Calcareous algae and stromatolites" is shorthand for a wider array of organisms and fabrics that also includes calcified cyanobacteria, plus thrombolites and other microbial carbonates. Composition is the link: these are all important components of CaC0 sediments, from 3 Archaean to present and from the ocean floor to streams and lakes. It is hardly possible to examine limestones of any age without en- countering them. Simultaneously they are fossils, sediments, and en- vironmental indicators. It is the range of significance, coupled with the breadth of their distribution in time and space, which compels their study. Modern calcareous marine algae mainly ... Read more
"Calcareous algae and stromatolites" is shorthand for a wider array of organisms and fabrics that also includes calcified cyanobacteria, plus thrombolites and other microbial carbonates. Composition is the link: these are all important components of CaC0 sediments, from 3 Archaean to present and from the ocean floor to streams and lakes. It is hardly possible to examine limestones of any age without en- countering them. Simultaneously they are fossils, sediments, and en- vironmental indicators. It is the range of significance, coupled with the breadth of their distribution in time and space, which compels their study. Modern calcareous marine algae mainly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
571
Condition
New
Number of Pages
571
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642523373
SKU
V9783642523373
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