The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event Insights From The Tafilalt Biota Morocco

Author : A.W. Hunter,J.J. Álvaro,B. Lefebvre,P. Van Roy,S. Zamora
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786204073

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The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Insights from the Tafilalt Biota, Morocco by A.W. Hunter,J.J. Álvaro,B. Lefebvre,P. Van Roy,S. Zamora Pdf

Special Publication 485 About 40 million years after the Cambrian Explosion, the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) represents a second and dramatic burst in marine biodiversity, with major changes in the structure of ecosystems and the progressive replacement of the distinctive Cambrian Evolutionary Fauna by the Paleozoic Evolutionary Fauna. However, the GOBE is not a single, worldwide, short-term event, but rather the complex sum of successive diversifications occurring in distinct taxonomic groups, trophic guilds and regions. This book focuses on the Late Ordovician Tafilalt Biota, Anti-Atlas Morocco, which provides a snapshot of the GOBE in high-latitude regions of the Southern Hemisphere. A series of contributions explore different aspects of the Tafilalt Biota, including its geological setting, the international fossil trade in this area and a series of detailed systematic contributions describing many new taxa of marine invertebrates. This volume represents a significant contribution to the understanding of the Tafilalt Biota and its significance to the GOBE.

Author : Bertrand Lefebvre,Allison Daley,Farid Saleh,Khadija El Hariri
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832542347

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Insights on the Rise of Animal Life from Cambrian and Ordovician Lagerstätten by Bertrand Lefebvre,Allison Daley,Farid Saleh,Khadija El Hariri Pdf

Author : Diego García-Bellido Capdevila
Publisher : IGME
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
ISBN : 8478408576

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Ordovician of the World by Diego García-Bellido Capdevila Pdf

Author : J. Hendry,P. Burgess,D. Hunt,X. Janson,V. Zampetti
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786205391

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Seismic Characterization of Carbonate Platforms and Reservoirs by J. Hendry,P. Burgess,D. Hunt,X. Janson,V. Zampetti Pdf

Modern seismic data have become an essential toolkit for studying carbonate platforms and reservoirs in impressive detail. Whilst driven primarily by oil and gas exploration and development, data sharing and collaboration are delivering fundamental geological knowledge on carbonate systems, revealing platform geomorphologies and how their evolution on millennial time scales, as well as kilometric length scales, was forced by long-term eustatic, oceanographic or tectonic factors. Quantitative interrogation of modern seismic attributes in carbonate reservoirs permits flow units and barriers arising from depositional and diagenetic processes to be imaged and extrapolated between wells. This volume reviews the variety of carbonate platform and reservoir characteristics that can be interpreted from modern seismic data, illustrating the benefits of creative interaction between geophysical and carbonate geological experts at all stages of a seismic campaign. Papers cover carbonate exploration, including the uniquely challenging South Atlantic pre-salt reservoirs, seismic modelling of carbonates, and seismic indicators of fluid flow and diagenesis.

Author : F. Marret,J. O’Keefe,P. Osterloff,M. Pound
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786205414

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Applications of Non-Pollen Palynomorphs by F. Marret,J. O’Keefe,P. Osterloff,M. Pound Pdf

This long-awaited book about non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) aims to cover gaps in our knowledge of these abundant but understudied palynological remains. NPPs, such as fungal spores, testate amoebae, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs and animal remains, are routinely recovered from palynological preparations of marine or terrestrial material, from Proterozoic to recent geological times. This book gives the reader a comprehensive overview of the different types of NPPs, with examples from diverse time periods and environments. It provides guidance on sample preparation to maximize the recovery of these NPPs, detailed information on their diversity and ecological affinity, clarification on the nomenclature and demonstrates their value as environmental indicators. This volume will become the reference guide for any student, academic or practitioner interested in everything else in their palynological preparations.

Author : Hou Xianguag,Richard J. Aldridge,Jan Bergstrom,David J. Siveter,Derek J. Siveter,Xiang-Hong Feng
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 140516719X

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The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China by Hou Xianguag,Richard J. Aldridge,Jan Bergstrom,David J. Siveter,Derek J. Siveter,Xiang-Hong Feng Pdf

The Chengjiang biota is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries ever made. The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang is the first book in English to provide fossil enthusiasts with an overview of the fauna. 100 superb full color plates. First English language illustrated guide to this important fauna. A must-have for all palaeontologists worldwide. To see a collection of images from the book, click on the following link: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/chengjiang

Author : R. T. Becker, 1st,C. E. Brett,P. Königshof, 2nd
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862397347

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Devonian Climate, Sea Level and Evolutionary Events by R. T. Becker, 1st,C. E. Brett,P. Königshof, 2nd Pdf

The geological and palaeontological records of climate change and evolutionary events reflect Earth’s widely fluctuating climate systems. Past climates hold the clues to understanding future developments. In this context, research on linked climate, biodiversity and sea-level fluctuations of the Devonian contributes to the general knowledge of deep-time climate dynamics. A fruitful co-operation between the International Geoscience Programme IGCP 596 and the International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) addressed the complex succession of climate-linked Devonian global events of varying magnitude. The primary goal of IGCP 596 was to assess mid-Palaeozoic climate changes and their impact on marine and terrestrial biodiversity using an interdisciplinary approach. The focus of SDS includes a revision of the eustatic sea-level curve and the integration of refined chrono- and biostratigraphy with modern chemo-, magneto-, cyclo-, event- and sequence stratigraphy. This enabled the much improved dating and correlation of abiotic perturbations, evolutionary changes, organism and ecosystem ranges. Results by 37 authors are presented in 14 chapters, which cover the entire Devonian.

Author : Stanley Charles Finney,William B. N. Berry
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813724669

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The Ordovician Earth System by Stanley Charles Finney,William B. N. Berry Pdf

"The Ordovician period is a significant chapter in Earth's history that included the great Mid-Ordovician biodiversification event, the Hirnantian glaciation, and long-term greenhouse conditions. Ordovician rocks are widespread on most continents and the recent finalization of a modern chronostratigraphic classification of the Ordovician system now facilitates high-resolution correlations that allow for integrated multidisciplinary research. The diverse papers comprising this volume address orogenesis, paleogeography, climate modeling, sedimentation, biodiversity, and isotopic excursions; together they promote an integrated view of the Ordovician earth system."--Publisher's description.

Author : Charles Cockell,Christian Koeberl,Iain Gilmour
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540257363

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Biological Processes Associated with Impact Events by Charles Cockell,Christian Koeberl,Iain Gilmour Pdf

The biological effects of asteroid and comet impacts have been widely viewed as primarily destructive. The role of an impactor in the K/T boundary extinctions has had a particularly important influence on thinking concerning the role of impacts in ecological and biological changes. th During the 10 and final workshop of the ESF IMPACT program during March 2003, we sought to investigate the wider aspects of the involvement of impact events in biological processes, including the beneficial role of these events from the prebiotic through to the ecosystem level. The ESF IMPACT programme (1998-2003) was an interdisciplinary effort that is aimed at understanding impact processes and their effects on the Earth environment, including environmental, geological and biological changes. The IMPACT programme has 15 member states and the activities of the programme range from workshops to short courses on topics such as impact stratigraphy, shock metamorphism, etc. The program has also awarded mobility grants and been involved in the development of teaching aids and numerous publications, including this one.

Author : Gerta Keller,Andrew C. Kerr
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813725055

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Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects by Gerta Keller,Andrew C. Kerr Pdf

"Comprises articles stemming from the March 2013 international conference at London's Natural History Museum. Researchers across geological, geophysical, and biological disciplines present key results from research concerning the causes of mass extinction events"--

Author : Barry D. Webby,Florentin Paris,Mary L. Droser,Ian G. Percival
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231501637

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The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event by Barry D. Webby,Florentin Paris,Mary L. Droser,Ian G. Percival Pdf

Two of the greatest evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth occurred during Early Paleozoic time. The first was the Cambrian explosion of skeletonized marine animals about 540 million years ago. The second was the "Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event," which is the focus of this book. During the 46-million-year Ordovician Period (489–443 m.y.), a bewildering array of adaptive radiations of "Paleozoic- and Modern-type" biotas appeared in marine habitats, the first animals (arthropods) walked on land, and the first non-vascular bryophyte-like plants (based on their cryptospore record) colonized terrestrial areas with damp environments. This book represents a compilation by a large team of Ordovician specialists from around the world, who have enthusiastically cooperated to produce this first globally orientated, internationally sponsored IGCP (International Geological Correlation Program) project on Ordovician biotas. The major part is an assembly of genus- and species-level diversity data for the many Ordovician fossil groups. The book also presents an evaluation of how each group diversified through Ordovician time, with assessments of patterns of change and rates of origination and extinction. As such, it will become the standard work and data source for biotic studies on the Ordovician Period.

Author : R. Gordon Gastil,R. H. Miller
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813722795

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The Prebatholithic Stratigraphy of Peninsular California by R. Gordon Gastil,R. H. Miller Pdf

Author : Francis Arthur Bather
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Cystoidea
ISBN : MINN:31951000489320A

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Caradocian Cystidea from Girvan by Francis Arthur Bather Pdf

Author : J. Javier Álvaro
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781527533165

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The Ages of the Earth by J. Javier Álvaro Pdf

Negationism is an irrational but useful tool for manipulation. Almost nobody supports the Flat Earth model or the geocentrism, but some European educational laws still offer a confessional education that treats as real the myth about Adam and Eve. This book recounts the struggle that human mind has maintained, over two millennia, against creationist myths. The journey takes place between cosmogonies, theological dogmas, natural philosophy, Deism and the inevitable secularism of the Age of Enlightenment.

Author : Ulf Linnemann
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813724232

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The Evolution of the Rheic Ocean by Ulf Linnemann Pdf

Geological evolution of middle to late Paleozoic rocks in the Avalon terrane of northern mainland Nova Scotia, Canadian Appalachians: a record of tectonothermal activity along the northern margin of the Rheic Ocean in the Appalachian-Caledonide orogen.