Atlas of life on earth : the earth, its landscape and life forms.

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A look at the evolution of the Earth, from the beginning of the solar system to the present-day. Presented in six sections, divided into 18 chapters setting out the geological and biological developments of each major geological period. The volume's final section looks at the ways in which the Earth and its biosphere are still evolving today.

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Animals, Fossil

Geological time

Historical geology

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ISBN:

9780785831150

Description:

368 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 31 cm

Notes:

Subtitle from cover
Reprint. Previously published as: Atlas of life on earth. New York : Barnes & Noble, 2001; and simultaneously in England under title: Cassell's atlas of evolution. London : Cassell, 2001

Contents:

Part 1. In the beginning. The origin & nature of the Earth ; The origin & nature of life ; The Archean ; The Proterozoic
Part 2. The early Paleozoic. The Cambrian ; The Ordovician ; The Silurian
Part 3.The late Paleozoic. The Devonian ; The early Carboniferous ; The late Carboniferous ; The Permian
Part 4. The Mesozoic. The Triassic ; The Jurassic ; The Cretaceous
Part 5. The Tertiary. The Paleogene ; The Neogene
Part 6. The Quaternary. The Pleistocene ; The Holocene

Control Number:

1008326

Other Authors:

Dixon, Dougal
Jenkins, Ian
Moody, Richard

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