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The Ecology of Areas with Serpentinized Rocks. A World View.
. Ed(S): Roberts, B.A.; Proctor, J.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Roberts, B.A.; Proctor, J. Series: Geobotany. Num Pages: 429 pages, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PST; PSTS; RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1087.
B. A. ROBERTS&J. PROCTOR The term 'serpentine' referring to rocks and min- of each of the polymorphs. These conditions in- erals, can be traced back to the ancient Roman clude temperatures of generally less than 530 C, era of Dioscorides (A. D. 50) (Faust & Fahey and fluid pH's in excess of 10 with low pC02* Serpentine protoliths are essentially ultramafic 1962) and they suggest that the speckled colour of serpents and the fact that Dioscorides recom- rocks which fall into a number of categories: (a) mended it for the prevention of snakebite as two stratiform complexes, (b) concentrically zoned ... Read more
B. A. ROBERTS&J. PROCTOR The term 'serpentine' referring to rocks and min- of each of the polymorphs. These conditions in- erals, can be traced back to the ancient Roman clude temperatures of generally less than 530 C, era of Dioscorides (A. D. 50) (Faust & Fahey and fluid pH's in excess of 10 with low pC02* Serpentine protoliths are essentially ultramafic 1962) and they suggest that the speckled colour of serpents and the fact that Dioscorides recom- rocks which fall into a number of categories: (a) mended it for the prevention of snakebite as two stratiform complexes, (b) concentrically zoned ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
429
Condition
New
Series
Geobotany
Number of Pages
429
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401056540
SKU
V9789401056540
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Reviews for The Ecology of Areas with Serpentinized Rocks. A World View.
` The book will become a standard reference for all those interested in soil-plant relationships and will provide a stimulus for further research in this aspect of biogeography and geobotany. ' Science ` ... to congratulate the editors on producing this excellent and exhaustive work on the ... Read more