Cretaceous Fossils of South-Central Africa
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-33652-0 (ISBN)
Features:
Provides a concise account of the Cretaceous geology for 13 African regions
Includes beautiful illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography
Fossils are presented in stratigraphical order, allowing easy determination of the age deposits.
Michael Cooper has a D. Phil. from Oxford University where he was a Wolfson Scholar, and is Honorary Curator of Palaeontology at the Durban Natural Science Museum, as well as an Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has studied the Cretaceous geology and palaeontology of south-central Africa for almost 50 years, concerned mainly with the biostratigraphy, evolution and classification of the molluscan faunas (ammonites, bivalves) and echinoids. He has published over 120 scientific articles on these subjects, his research involving fieldwork in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola.
Introduction
Eustasy
Milankovitch cycles
The break-up of Gondwana
Vicariance
The terminal Cretaceous extinction event
Regional Geology
Namibia
Northern Cape
Western Cape
Lesotho
Swaziland
Eastern Cape
KwaZulu-Natal
Moçambique
Zimbabwe
Angola
Malawi
Zambia
Tanzania
References
Illustrations of Cretaceous fossils
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.10.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-33652-1 / 1138336521 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-33652-0 / 9781138336520 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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