You can download Earthquake Prediction ebook here. This issue of Pure and Applied Geophysics contains papers presented at the Earthquake Prediction session of the 22nd General Assembly of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior. The meeting was held in August, 1983, in conjunction with the XVIII General Assembly of the … Read more
You can download Understanding Fossils ebook here. Fossils are among the most highly prized natural objects in the world. They figure in our everyday lives as decorative objects in our homes, and as the dinosaur products which fill the toy and book shops and which periodically appear in the cereal packets at our breakfast tables. … Read more
You can download Evolution and the Fossil Record ebook here. Evolution is one of the fundamental underlying concepts of modern science. This powerful theory explains such phenome na as the history of life preserved in the fossil record; the genetic, molecular, and physical similarities and differences among organ isms; and the geographic distribution of organisms … Read more
You can download Plant Fossils The History of Land Vegetation ebook here. Without plants, life on Earth, as we know it, would not exist. Plants have played a central role in the evolution of life and the colonisation of land. And yet the fossil history of plants is not well known, even to many scientists, … Read more
You can download The Restless Earth Fossil ebook here. In the year 1992, a man named Charles Fickle took a walk with his dog through a half-built subdivision in Littleton, Colorado. He (or maybe his dog) found a large, rock-hard bone sticking out of the ground and suspected that it might be a fossil the … Read more
You can download Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record ebook here. The history of life is documented by fossils through the past 3.5 billion years. We need this long-term perspective for three reasons: ancient life and environments can inform us about how the world might change in the future; extinct plants and animals make … Read more
You can download Fossil Sharks and Rays ebook here. Since the time this book was first conceived, over four years ago, we have been compiling and documenting copious volumes on the occurrence and distribution of Texas Cretaceous sharks and rays. A substantial part of this invaluable data base comes from the first hand knowledge of … Read more
You can download Animal Evolution ebook here. The subject of animal evolution has been explored and discussed for a century and a half. As long ago as the late 19th century, Ernst Haeckel, a renowned evolutionary biologist and supporter of Darwin, drew some beautiful phylogenetic trees depicting the possible course of animal evolution. Haeckel’s trees … Read more
You can download Paleogene Fossil Birds ebook here. Since birds are predominantly diurnal and often quite vociferous animals, theirbehavior and ecological requirements are probably better studied than those of any other vertebrate group. Detailed knowledge of their evolutionary history is, how ever, still limited to a small circle of specialists, and there is a widespread … Read more
You can download Seriation Stratigraphy and Index Fossils ebook here. It is difficult for todays students of archaeology to imagine an era when chronometric dating methods radiocarbon and thermoluminescence, for example were unavailable. How, they might ask, were archaeologists working in the preradiocarbon era able to keep track of time; that is, how were they … Read more