Amazonia (eBook)

Carina Hoorn is a paleoecologist who studied geology and holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and an MSc in Science Communication (Imperial College, London). Currently she is liaised to the University of Amsterdam and her main research interests are Amazonia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the coastal lagoons of Oman. Frank Wesselingh is a molluscan palaeontologist who studied geology at the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and holds a PhD from the University of Turku (Finland). Frank works at Naturalis, the Natural History Museum in Leiden (The Netherlands), and his research interests are fossil molluscan faunas of long-lived lakes, the North Sea Basin and the Indo-West Pacific.

"The volume edited by Hoorn & Wesselingh is a must read for
everyone studying geology and palaeontology of Amazonia . . .
Therefore, the reviewer feels it necessary to recommended this
volume strongly for all specialists in Cenozoic
palaeoenvironments." (Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie,
1 January 2011)



"In this comprehensive book, a wealth of detailed information
integrates what we know of geological and climatic processes and
the evolution of the tremendous biodiversity of the Amazonian
region . . . This book will be a vital reference for Amazonian
researchers and aficionados for many years to come. Current
Amazonian researchers and any student contemplating graduate study
in Amazonian geology, paleontology, phylogeography, or evolution
should read this volume from cover to cover." (The Quarterly Review
of Biology, 1 June 2011)

"Recommenced. Academic audiences, upper-division
undergraduates." (Choice, October 2010)