Buch, Englisch, 1374 Seiten, Format (B × H): 207 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 3500 g
Buch, Englisch, 1374 Seiten, Format (B × H): 207 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 3500 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-36793-6
Verlag: CAMBRIDGE
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List of contributors; Preface; Part I: 1. Geology and paleobiology of the Archean Earth; 2. Geological evolution of the Proterozoic Earth; 3. Proterozoic biochemistry; 4. Proterozoic atmosphere and ocean; 5. Proterozoic and selected early Cambrian microfossils: prokaryotes and protists; 6. Modern mat-building microbial communities: a key to the interpretation of Proterozoic stromatolitic communities; 7. Proterozoic and earliest Cambrian carbonaceous remains, trace and body fossils; 8. The Proterozoic-early Cambrian evolution of metaphytes and metazoans; 9. Molecular phylogenetics, molecular paleontologym and the Proterozoic fossil record; 10. Biostratigraphy and paleobiology of the Proterozoic; 11. Biotic diversity and rates of evolution during Proterozoic and earliest Phanerozoic time; 12. A paleogeographic model for Vendian and Cambrian time; 13. Evolution of the Proterozoic biosphere: benchmarks, tempo and mode; Part II: 14. Geographic and geologic data for PPRG rock samples; 15. Flow chart and processing procedures for rock samples; 16. Procedures of whole rock and kerogen analysis; 17. Abundances and isotopic compositions of carbon and sulphur species in whole rock and kerogen samples; 18. Procedures for analysis of extractable organic matter; 19. Composition of extractable organic matter; 20. Modern mat-building microbial communities: methods of investigation and supporting data; 21. Construction and use of geological, geochemical and paleobiological databases; 22. Proterozoic and selected early Cambrian microfossils and microfossil-like objects; 23. Described taxa of Proterozoic and selected earliest Cambrian Carbonaceous remains, trace and body fossils; 24. Atlas of representative Proterozoic microfossils; 25. Informal revised classifications of Proterozoic microfossils; 26. Models for Vendian-Cambrian biotic diversity and for Proterozoic atmospheric and ocean chemistry; 27. Glossary of technical terms; References cited; Subject index; Index to geologic units; Taxonomic index.