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The Proterozoic biosphere : a multidisciplinary study / (Record no. 195333)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780521367936
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	0521366151 (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780521166065
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	CUS
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	560.171
Item number	SCH/P
245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	The Proterozoic biosphere : a multidisciplinary study /
Statement of responsibility, etc.	edited by J. William Schopf and Cornelis Klein.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Cambridge ;
--	New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Cambridge University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	1992.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xxiv, 1348 p. :
Other physical details	ill. (some col.), maps ;
Dimensions	29 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Part I: 1. Geology and paleobiology of the Archean Earth / J. William Schopf, Sherwood Chang, W. Gary Ernst, Heinrich D. Holland, James F. Kasting and Donald R. Lowe --<br/>2. Geological evolution of the Proterozoic Earth / Donald R. Lowe, Nicolas J. Beukes, John P. Grotzinger, Raymond V. Ingersoll, Joseph L. Kirschvink, Cornelis Klein, Ian B. Lambert and Ján Veizer --<br/>3. Proterozoic biochemistry / J.M. Hayes, David J. Des Marais, Ian B. Lambert, Harald Strauss and Roger E. Summons --<br/>4. Proterozoic atmosphere and ocean / Cornelis Klein, Nicolas J. Beukes, Heinrich D. Holland, James F. Kasting, Lee R. Kump and Donald R. Lowe --<br/>5. Proterozoic and selected early Cambrian microfossils: prokaryotes and protists / Carl V. Mendelson, John Bauld, Robert J. Horodyski, Jere H. Lipps, Toby B. Moore and J. William Schopf --<br/>6. Modern mat-building microbial communities: a key to the interpretation of Proterozoic stromatolitic communities / Beverly K. Pierson, John Bauld, Richard W. Castenholz, Elisa D'Amelio, David J. Des Marais, Jack D. Farmer, John P. Grotzinger, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Douglas C. Nelson, Anna C. Palmisano, J. William Schopf, Roger E. Summons, Malcolm R. Walter and David M. Ward --<br/>7. Proterozoic and earliest Cambrian carbonaceous remains, trace and body fossils / Kenneth M. Towe, Stefan Bengtson, Mikhail A. Fedonkin, Hans J. Hofmann, Carol Mankiewicz and Bruce N. Runnegar --<br/>8. The Proterozoic-early Cambrian evolution of metaphytes and metazoans / Stefan Bengtson, Jack D. Farmer, Mikhail A. Fedonkin, Jere H. Lipps and Bruce N. Runnegear --<br/>9. Molecular phylogenetics, molecular paleontologym and the Proterozoic fossil record / Bruce N. Runnegar, David J. Chapman and Walter M. Fitch --<br/>10. Biostratigraphy and paleobiology of the Proterozoic / Hans J. Hofmann, Stefan Bengtson, J.M. Hayes, Jere H. Lipps, J. William Schopf, Harald Strauss, Roger E. Summons and Malcolm R. Walter --<br/>11. Biotic diversity and rates of evolution during Proterozoic and earliest Phanerozoic time / J. John Sepkoski, Jr. and J. William Schopf --<br/>12. A paleogeographic model for Vendian and Cambrian time / Joseph K. Kirschvink --<br/>13. Evolution of the Proterozoic biosphere: benchmarks, tempo and mode / J. William Schopf. Part II: 14. Geographic and geologic data for PPRG rock samples / Toby B. Moore and J. William Schopf --<br/>15. Flow chart and processing procedures for rock samples / Harald Strauss, David J. Des Marais, J.M. Hayes, Toby B. Moore and J. William Schopf --16. Procedures of whole rock and kerogen analysis / Harald Strauss, David J. Des Marais, J.M. Hayes, Ian B. Lambert and Roger E. Summons --17. Abundances and isotopic compositions of carbon and sulphur species in whole rock and kerogen samples / Harald Strauss and Toby B. Moore --18. Procedures for analysis of extractable organic matter / Roger E. Summons and Harald Strauss --19. Composition of extractable organic matter / Roger E. Summons and Harald Strauss --<br/>20. Modern mat-building microbial communities: methods of investigation and supporting data / Richard W. Castenholz, Elisa D'Amelio, Jack D. Farmer, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Anna C. Palmisano, Beveryl K. Pierson and David M. Ward --<br/>21. Construction and use of geological, geochemical and paleobiological databases / J.M. Hayes, Stefan Bengtson, Hans J. Hofmann, Jere H. Lipps, Donald R. Lowe, Carol Mankiewicz, Carl V. Mendelson, Toby B. Moore, Bruce N. Runnegar and Harald Strauss --<br/>22. Proterozoic and selected early Cambrian microfossils and microfossil-like objects / Carl V. Mendelson and J. William Schopf --<br/>23. Described taxa of Proterozoic and selected earliest Cambrian Carbonaceous remains, trace and body fossils / Kenneth M. Towe, Stefan Bengtson, Mikhail A. Fedonkin, Hans J. Hofmann, Carol Mankiewicz and Bruce N. Runnegar --<br/>24. Atlas of representative Proterozoic microfossils / J. William Schopf --<br/>25. Informal revised classifications of Proterozoic microfossils / J. William Schopf --<br/>26. Models for Vendian-Cambrian biotic diversity and for Proterozoic atmospheric and ocean chemistry / J. John Sepkoski, Jr., James F. Kasting --<br/>27. Glossary of technical terms / J. William Schopf and Cornelis Klein.
650 #0 - SUBJECT
Keyword	Paleontology
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	Reference Books

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			Not For Loan	Reference Collection	Central Library, Sikkim University	Central Library, Sikkim University	Reference	03/05/2018	53	2008.90	560.171 SCH/P	46742	23/09/2022	Reference Books