<p>Fossils are of great value in interpreting the sedimentary environments in which they lived and the patterns and processes in the history of life. Their role in biostratigraphy is as important now as it ever was. In all respects palaeontology is is a vigorous and expanding subject, and will remain integral to geology for the foreseeable future. The third edition of "Invertebrate Palaeonotology and Evolution" has been extensively revised and retains the same format. In particular it contains a new treatment of evolution theory, new classifications of certain groups which are illustrated in range charts, and many new photographs and illustrations. The first part covers the basic principles of palaeontology - occurance of fossils, their preservation, classification and stratigraphic uses. Evolution and the fossil record is extensively treated, and the various mass extinction episodes that affected evolving life. In part two each of the major phyla of dominant marine invertebrates preserved in the fossil record is treated in turn. Their structure, functional design, classification, ecology and stratigraphic uses are all considered, and an up-to-date bibliography is given at the end of each chapter. A final chapter on exceptional faunas highlights the importance of rare kinds of preservation in establishing the diversity of faunas living at particular times. Undergraduate students of geology or earth science may find this a valuable core textbook. It may also be of interest to their teachers and some zoologists.</p>

Invertebrate palaeontology and evolution

Clarkson, Euan

Allen& Unwin

<i>Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution</i> is well established as the foremost palaeontology text at the undergraduate level. This fully revised fourth edition includes a complete update of the sections on evolution and the fossil record, and the evolution of the early metazoans. <ul>
<li>New work on the classification of the major phyla (in particular brachiopods and molluscs) has been incorporated.</li> <li>The section on trace fossils is extensively rewritten.</li> <li>The author has taken care to involve specialists in the major groups, to ensure the taxonomy is as up-to-date and accurate as possible.</li> </ul>

Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution

Science & Math

Clarkson, Euan, N.K.

Biological Sciences

Looking at Edinburgh Castle, it is easy to appreciate that it embodies a thousand year's worth of history. By investigation of soils and erosional features, we can extend Edinburgh's history back to the end of the ice-ages, and the movements of glaciers across the region can also be discerned. However, before the ice-ages, we are confronted with a vast time gap of around 300 million years. It is when we investigate the bed-rocks that it is possible to take the story back further, which is the purpose of this book, now available in paperback. Edinburgh's rocks, formed between 300 and 450 million years ago, afford startling perspectives of the extraordinarily different environments of those remote times. The sandstones with which much of the city is built, were washed down in rivers meandering through a tropical landscape. Coals from the seams of the Midlothian coal-field are fossil relicts of extensive rain-forests that thrived in steamy coastal swamps. The more visible rocks, such as the famous Castle Rock, are memorials to volcanoes that erupted about 340 million years ago. Older than these, and dating back to more than 400 million years, are the Braid, Blackford, and much of the Pentland Hills, while the oldest rocks within a 25 mile radius of Waverley Bridge are tucked away in a few small patches of the Pentland hills.** Beautifully produced, lovely to hold and read...an excellent book for all geologists. ~ The Geoscientist [Subject: Earth Science, Geology]

Edinburgh Rock: The Geology of Lothian

Upton, Brian

Earth Sciences

Liverpool University Press

The Scottish Borders region is famed for its frontier history and its myths and ballads. This book - now available in paperback - concerns the much more ancient geological history revealed by its rocks. The authors tell how the once great ocean of Iapetus met its end through the inexorable motion of the tectonic plates that brought continental masses on a collision course. The impact of these continents spelled the death-knell for Iapetus and, in so doing, brought about an intense folding and uplift of huge quantities of ocean floor sediment to form the mighty Caledonide mountain chain. These momentous events brought the essential building blocks of Scotland into their final positions. After attaining their maximum grandeur, the Caledonide mountains were progressively eroded to become shadows of their former glory. Meanwhile, the unified tectonic plate on which Scotland sits proceeded to drift northwards. In so doing, 'ancestral Scotland' migrated from the southern hemisphere, across the equator to ultimately reach its present temperate position. The rocks of the Scottish Borders record much of the Palaeozoic history of the ocean closing, the building and subsequent breakdown of the mountains, as well as of the history of the deserts, rivers, and forests that came and went on its northerly migration. The book also looks at volcanoes, large and small, and how their existence is indelibly recorded in the Borders hills while the latest geological events to sculpt the Borders landscape were of the Pleistocene ice-ages. Written in the accessible style, this volume describes a differing geological history in Scotland. [Subject: Earth Science, Geology]

Death of an Ocean: A Geological Borders Ballad

Looking at Edinburgh Castle, it is easily appreciated that it embodies a thousand year's worth of history. By investigation of soils and erosional features we can extend Edinburgh's history back to the end of the ice-ages and the movements of glaciers across the region can also be discerned. However, before the ice-ages we are confronted with a vast time gap of around three hundred million years. For this interval, we can only surmise what local conditions in and around Edinburgh were like. It is when we investigate the bed-rocks that it is possible to take the story back further. Edinburgh's rocks, formed between 300 and 450 million years ago, afford startling perspectives of the extraordinarily different environments of those remote times. The sandstones with which much of the city is built, were washed down in rivers meandering through a tropical landscape. Coals from the seams of the Midlothian coal-field are fossil relicts of extensive rain-forests that thrived in steamy coastal swamps. The more visible rocks, such as the famous Castle Rock, are memorials to volcanoes that erupted about 340 million years ago. Older than these, and dating back to more than 400 million years, are the Braid, Blackford, and much of the Pentland Hills. Whilst the oldest rocks within a 25 mile radius of Waverley Bridge are tucked away in a few small patches of the Pentland hills. More than two hundred years of geological research have left us with a remarkably detailed picture of the distribution of land and sea, of the climate and of the evolving plants and animals that lived here. Edinburgh Rock is an account of these fascinating Palaeozoic times by Brian Upton and Euan Clarkson.

The Scottish Borders region is famed for its frontier history and attendant myths and ballads. This book concerns the much more ancient geological history revealed by its rocks. The authors tell how the once great ocean of Iapetus met its end through the inexorable motion of the tectonic plates that brought continental masses on a collision course. Impaction of these continents spelled the death-knell for Iapetus and, in so doing, brought about intense folding and uplift of huge quantities of ocean floor sediment to form the mighty Caledonide mountain chain. These momentous events brought the essential building blocks of Scotland into their final positions. After attaining their maximum grandeur, the Caledonide mountains were progressively eroded to become shadows of their former glory; meanwhile, the unified tectonic plate on which Scotland sits proceeded to drift northwards. In so doing â€˜ancestral Scotlandâ€™ migrated from the southern hemisphere, across the equator to ultimately reach its present temperate position. The rocks of the Borders record much of the Palaeozoic history of the ocean closing, the building and subsequent breakdown of the mountains, as well as of the history of the deserts, rivers and forests that came and went on its northerly migration. This Borders story tells also of volcanoes large and small and how their existence is indelibly recorded in the Borders hills whilst the latest geological events to sculpt the Borders landscape were the Pleistocene ice-ages.Written in the accessible style familiar to readers of the authorsâ€™ Edinburgh Rock this volume describes a differing geological history in Scotland. Intended for those wanting to learn more about the origins of a popular region it will also appeal to geologists on field trips and students of geology as the authors display their deep affection for and knowledge of the geology of the Scottish Borders.

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Invertebrate palaeontology and evolution

Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution

Edinburgh Rock: The Geology of Lothian

Death of an Ocean: A Geological Borders Ballad

Edinburgh Rock: The Geology of Lothian

Death of an Ocean: A Geological Borders Ballad