Biominerals and Fossils Through Time
Jean-Pierre Cuif
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Description for Biominerals and Fossils Through Time
hardcover. Fossil biomineralizarion in a geologic framework for advanced students and researchers in paleontology, Earth history, evolution, sedimentology, geochemistry, and materials science. Num Pages: 504 pages, 273 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Fossils are essential to the reconstruction of the evolution of life and episodes in Earth history. Knowledge of biomineralization - the processes associated with the formation of mineralized biological structures - is essential to properly evaluate data derived from fossils. This book emphasizes skeletal formation and fossilization in a geologic framework in order to understand evolution, relationships between fossil groups, and the use of biomineral materials as geochemical proxies for understanding ancient oceans and climates. The focus is on shells and skeletons of calcareous organisms, and the book explores the fine structures and mode of growth of the characteristic crystalline ... Read more
Fossils are essential to the reconstruction of the evolution of life and episodes in Earth history. Knowledge of biomineralization - the processes associated with the formation of mineralized biological structures - is essential to properly evaluate data derived from fossils. This book emphasizes skeletal formation and fossilization in a geologic framework in order to understand evolution, relationships between fossil groups, and the use of biomineral materials as geochemical proxies for understanding ancient oceans and climates. The focus is on shells and skeletons of calcareous organisms, and the book explores the fine structures and mode of growth of the characteristic crystalline ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521874731
SKU
V9780521874731
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About Jean-Pierre Cuif
Jean-Pierre Cuif is a Professor in the Department of Geology at the Université de Paris-Sud II, Orsay, France. Since 1980 his research team has developed a specialized approach to the mineralized units that built the calcareous skeletons of invertebrates through Earth history. In addition to basic research on distribution and composition of the organic compounds associated with the mineral phase, ... Read more
Reviews for Biominerals and Fossils Through Time
'This is a very fine, very dense book, well-illustrated …' American Paleontologist