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The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation

By Andrey Zhuravlev , Robert Riding

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9780231106122, 0-231-10612-2, 0-231-10613-0
Open Library ID
OL16998505M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19288583 bytes)
Pages
535\535
Topic
Biology Ecology
Time added
2009-10-15 16:43:54

Description

The Cambrian radiation was the explosive evolution of marine life that started 550,000,000 years ago. It ranks as one of the most important episodes in Earth history. This key event in the history of life on our planet changed the marine biosphere and its sedimentary environment forever, requiring a complex interplay of wide-ranging biologic and nonbiologic processes. offers a comprehensive and surprising picture of the Earth at that ancient time. The book contains contributions from thirty-three authors hailing from ten countries and will be of interest to paleontologists, geologists, biologists, and other researchers interested in the global Earth-life system.

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