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ISBN/EAN: 9781461272397
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: xix, 241 S., 31 s/w Illustr.
Einband: kartoniertes Buch
Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeOne: Finding Time.- 1 Fossils and the Birth of the Geological Time Scale.- 2 Radiometric Clocks.- 3 Magnetic Clocks.- Two: Place.- 4 Baja British Columbia.- 5 Ancient Environments and the Level of the Sea.- Three: Inhabitants.- 6 The Bite of a Mosasaur.- 7 Virtual Ammonites.- 8 The Ancestry of the Nautilus.- 9 Of Inoceramids and Isotopes.- Four: The Time Machine.- 10 Cretaceous Park.- Afterword.- References.
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Hersteller:
Springer Verlag GmbH
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DE 69121 Heidelberg
Autorenportrait
Inhaltsangabe1. The Length of the Cambrian. 2. Baja British Columbia. 3. The Man Who Ate the Heart of the King of France. 4. Nautilus is Nautilone. 5. Virtual Ammonites. 6. The General of the Paleontologists: Serving Under Steve Gould. 7. The Real Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. 8. Cretaceous Wine Growers and Marijuana Farmers. 9. Say, Hey, T. Rex Sue, I'm Goin' to Jail for You. 10. Magnetic Man: Dead Brains Are Attractive.
