Applied Palaeontology

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Cambridge University Press, May 4, 2006 - Science - 434 pages
This book was first published in 2006. Palaeontology has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. Applied Palaeontology adopts a holistic, integrated approach to palaeontology, highlighting its key role in the study of the evolving earth, life history and environmental processes. After an introduction to fossils and their classification, each of the principal fossil groups are studied in detail, covering their biology, morphology, classification, palaeobiology and biostratigraphy. The latter sections focus on the applications of fossils in the interpretation of earth and life processes and environments. It concludes with case histories of how our knowledge of fossils is applied, in industry and elsewhere. This is a valuable reference for anyone involved in the applications of palaeontology, including earth, life and environmental scientists, and petroleum, minerals, mining and engineering professionals.
 

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Section 1
5
Section 2
12
Section 3
17
Section 4
79
Section 5
132
Section 6
147
Section 7
154
Section 8
180
Section 13
306
Section 14
320
Section 15
331
Section 16
332
Section 17
340
Section 18
341
Section 19
342
Section 20
343

Section 9
266
Section 10
267
Section 11
282
Section 12
285
Section 21
344
Section 22
355
Section 23
366
Section 24
367

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