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Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General

Palaeontology; v.35 - pt.1-2 (1992) (Paperback): Palaeontological Association Palaeontology; v.35 - pt.1-2 (1992) (Paperback)
Palaeontological Association
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Breviora; no.560 (2018) (Paperback): Anonymous Breviora; no.560 (2018) (Paperback)
Anonymous
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Palaeontology; v.4 - pt.3-4 (1961-1962) (Paperback): Palaeontological Association Palaeontology; v.4 - pt.3-4 (1961-1962) (Paperback)
Palaeontological Association
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Palaeontology; v.24 - pt.1-2 (1981) (Paperback): Palaeontological Association Palaeontology; v.24 - pt.1-2 (1981) (Paperback)
Palaeontological Association
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Palaeontology; v.30 - pt.1-2 (1987) (Paperback): Palaeontological Association Palaeontology; v.30 - pt.1-2 (1987) (Paperback)
Palaeontological Association
R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities - The causes of mass extinctions (Paperback, New ed): Tony Hallam Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities - The causes of mass extinctions (Paperback, New ed)
Tony Hallam
R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Ships in 4 - 6 working days

This is a book about the dramatic periods in the Earth's history called mass extinctions - short periods (by geological standards) when life nearly died out on Earth. The most famous is the mass extinction that happened about 65 million years ago, and that caused the death of the dinosaurs. But that was not the worst mass extinction: that honour goes to the extinction at the end of the Permian Period, about 250 million years ago, when over 90% of life is thought to have become extinct. What caused these catastrophes? Was it the effects of a massive meteorite impact? There is evidence for such an impact about 65 million years ago. Or was it a period of massive volcanic activity? There is evidence in the rocks of huge lava flows at periods that match several of the mass extinctions. Was it something to do with climate change and sea level? Or was it a combination of some or all of these? The question has been haunting geologists for a number of years, and it forms one of the most exciting areas of research in geology today. In this book, Tony Hallam, a distinguished geologist and writer, looks at all the different theories and also what the study of mass extinctions might tell us about the future. If climate change is a key factor, we may well, as some scientists have suggested, be in a period of mass extinction of our own making.

Eozankorallen Aus OEsterreich (German, Paperback, 1966 ed.): Othmar Kuhn Eozankorallen Aus OEsterreich (German, Paperback, 1966 ed.)
Othmar Kuhn
R1,454 Discovery Miles 14 540 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Die Fauna der Neuhauser Schichten von Waidhofen/Ybbs, NOE. (Dogger, Klippenzone) (German, Paperback, 1964 ed.): Bruno Walter... Die Fauna der Neuhauser Schichten von Waidhofen/Ybbs, NOE. (Dogger, Klippenzone) (German, Paperback, 1964 ed.)
Bruno Walter Leo Kunz
R1,458 Discovery Miles 14 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Holothurien-Sklerite Aus Dem Torton Des Burgenlandes, OEsterreich (German, Paperback, 1964 ed.): Edith Tollmann Holothurien-Sklerite Aus Dem Torton Des Burgenlandes, OEsterreich (German, Paperback, 1964 ed.)
Edith Tollmann
R1,454 Discovery Miles 14 540 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Wahrend aus den tieferen und mittleren Anteilen des Tertiars, aus Eozan und Oligozan, nun schon eine betrachtliche Anzahl von artlieh gut definierten Holothurien-Resten bekannt ist, blieb unsere Kenntnis der miozanen Holothurien-Sklerite noch ausgesprochen luckenhaft. Die ersten Abbildungen von miozanen Skleriten, und zwar aus tortonen Ablagerungen des Wiener Beckens, brachten PAPP & KuPPER 1953, kurz nachdem 0. KuHN 1952, S. 123 darauf aufmerksam geD?;acht hatte, dass in den mikrofossilreichen jung- tertiaren Serien Osterreichs auch "Holothuroiden-Sklerite . . . wohl vorkommen durften". Die bei PAPP & KuPPER nur familienmassig zugeordneten Sklerite wurden von DEFLANDRE-RIGAUD 1961, S. 119 artlieh benannt und zu funf Arten, davon vier neu, gestellt. Bei Neuaufnahmen des Neogens am Sudwestrand des Leithagebirges im Burgenland 1951-1953 hatte A. TuLLMANN ebenfalls Holo- thurien-Sklerite, und zwar gleichfalls aus dem Torton, Fundort Eisenstadt, aus Mergeln der Bolivinenzone, isoliert. Ihm verdanke ich den Hinweis auf diesen und den Fundort Mullendorf, wo bei Aufarbeitung des alten, von A. TuLLMANN gesammelten Materials und in Mullendorf reichlich neu eingeholter Proben eine Er- weiterung unserer Kenntnis der tortonischen Holothurien von bisher 5 Arten auf insgesamt 20 Arten erzielt werden konnte. Unsere Kenntnis der miozanen Holothurien -Sklerite beruht demnach nach wie vor ausschliesslich auf OEsterreichischen Funden. Herrn Prof. Dr. A. PAPP danke ich fur die freundliche Er- laubnis zur Einsichtnahme des Originalmaterials, Herrn Professor Dr. 0. KuHN fur rege Anteilnahme an meiner Arbeit und wertvolle Ratschlage. Der OEsterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften verdanke ich eine Subventionierung meiner Arbeit aus Ertragnissen der Figdor-Stiftung.

Holothurien-Sklerite Aus Der Trias Der Ostalpen (German, Paperback, 1963 ed.): Edith Tollmann Holothurien-Sklerite Aus Der Trias Der Ostalpen (German, Paperback, 1963 ed.)
Edith Tollmann
R1,455 Discovery Miles 14 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Die Foraminiferenfauna des Bruderndorfer Feinsandes (Danien) von Haidhof bei Ernstbrunn, NOE (German, Paperback, 1962 ed.):... Die Foraminiferenfauna des Bruderndorfer Feinsandes (Danien) von Haidhof bei Ernstbrunn, NOE (German, Paperback, 1962 ed.)
Manfred Eugen Schmid
R1,688 Discovery Miles 16 880 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
On the Origin of Species - By Means of Natural Selection (Paperback): Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species - By Means of Natural Selection (Paperback)
Charles Darwin
R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Hadrosaur Edmontosaurus From the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta (Paperback): Lawrence M (Lawrence Morris) Lambe The Hadrosaur Edmontosaurus From the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta (Paperback)
Lawrence M (Lawrence Morris) Lambe
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
North American Index Fossils, Invertebrates (Paperback): Hervey Woodburn Shimer, Amadeus William Grabau North American Index Fossils, Invertebrates (Paperback)
Hervey Woodburn Shimer, Amadeus William Grabau
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Lance Didelphid Molar, With Comments on the Problems of the Lance Therians; Fieldiana, Geology, Vol.10, No.36 (Paperback):... A Lance Didelphid Molar, With Comments on the Problems of the Lance Therians; Fieldiana, Geology, Vol.10, No.36 (Paperback)
William D Turnbull
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Big Encyclopedia of Defunct Animals - Volume X (Paperback): Stanton Fordice Fink V The Big Encyclopedia of Defunct Animals - Volume X (Paperback)
Stanton Fordice Fink V
R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Megalodon! - The Complete History Of The Largest Predatory Shark That Ever Lived! (Paperback): Robert L Fuqua Megalodon! - The Complete History Of The Largest Predatory Shark That Ever Lived! (Paperback)
Robert L Fuqua
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Die Nerineen Der OEsterreichischen Gosauschichten (German, Paperback, 1958 ed.): Lieselotte Tiedt Die Nerineen Der OEsterreichischen Gosauschichten (German, Paperback, 1958 ed.)
Lieselotte Tiedt
R1,454 Discovery Miles 14 540 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Figures and Descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset - Observed (Hardcover): John Phillips Figures and Descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset - Observed (Hardcover)
John Phillips
R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Out of stock
Die Fossilen Asseln Aus Den Oberjuraschichten Von Ernstbrunn in Niederoesterreich Und Von Stramberg in Mahren (German,... Die Fossilen Asseln Aus Den Oberjuraschichten Von Ernstbrunn in Niederoesterreich Und Von Stramberg in Mahren (German, Paperback, 1955 ed.)
Friedrich Bachmayer
R1,452 Discovery Miles 14 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
On The Prehistoric Remains Of Kentucky (Paperback): Lucien Carr On The Prehistoric Remains Of Kentucky (Paperback)
Lucien Carr
R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Description Of Missourium, Or Missouri Leviathan - Together With Its Supposed Habits And Indian Traditions Concerning The... Description Of Missourium, Or Missouri Leviathan - Together With Its Supposed Habits And Indian Traditions Concerning The Location From Whence It Was Exhumed; Also, Comparisons Of The Whale, Crocodile And Missourium With The Leviathan, As Described In 41St Chapter Of The Book Of Job (Paperback)
Albert Koch
R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Zur Kenntnis der Retzer Sande (German, Paperback, 1955 ed.): Augustin Bernhauser Zur Kenntnis der Retzer Sande (German, Paperback, 1955 ed.)
Augustin Bernhauser
R1,454 Discovery Miles 14 540 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Pollenanalytische (palynologische) Untersuchungen an der untermiozanen Braunkohle von Landau bei Geras, N.-OE (German,... Pollenanalytische (palynologische) Untersuchungen an der untermiozanen Braunkohle von Landau bei Geras, N.-OE (German, Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1954)
Hertha Obritzhauser-Toifl
R1,459 Discovery Miles 14 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
El Neandertal Inteligente (English, Spanish, Paperback): Clive Finlayson El Neandertal Inteligente (English, Spanish, Paperback)
Clive Finlayson
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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