Revised edition of: Microfossils / M.D. Brasier. London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1980
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
pt. 1. Applied micropalaeontology. Introduction ; Micropalaeontology, evolution and biodiversity ; Microfossils in stratigraphy ; Microfossils, stable isotopes and ocean-atmosphere history ; Microfossils as thermal metamorphic indicators -- pt. 2. The rise of the biosphere. The origin of life and the early biosphere ; Emergence of eukaryotes to the Cambrian explosion ; Bacterial ecosystems and microbial sediments -- pt. 3. Organic-walled microfossils. Acritarchs and prasinophytes ; Dinoflagellates and ebridians ; Chitinozoa ; Scolecodonts ; Spores and pollen -- pt. 4. Inorganic-walled microfossils. Calcareous nannoplankton : coccolithophores and discoasters ; Formainifera ; Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) and Heliozoa ; Diatoms ; Silicoflagellates and chrysophytes ; Ciliophora : tintinnids and calpionellids ; Ostracods ; Conodonts -- Appendix : extraction methods
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