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This volume provides a comprehensive view of calcareous algae and stromatolites. It deals with marine and non-marine, benthic and planktic, and modern as well as ancient examples. As the first multi-authored review of the field published in English, it is designed for both postgraduate researchers and professional scientists who require up-to-date information on these long-ranging organisms and fabrics which are of wide evolutionary, environmental and sedimentary significance.

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Author:   Robert Riding
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9783540523734

ISBN 10:   3540523731
Pages:   571
Publication Date:   10 December 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I Introduction.- 1 Calcification Processes in Algae and Cyanobacteria.- 2 Classification of Microbial Carbonates.- II Major Groups.- 3 Calcified Cyanobacteria.- 4 The Solenoporaceae: A General Point of View.- 5 Coralline Algae: Mineralization, Taxonomy, and Palaeoecology.- 6 Cyclocrinitids.- 7 Dasycladalean Algae of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic.- 8 Cenozoic and Recent Dasycladales.- 9 Fossil Udoteaceae and Gymnocodiaceae.- 10 Recent Calcified Halimedaceae.- 11 The Genus Concept in Charophyta: Evidence from Palaeozoic to Recent.- 12 Calcification of the Charophyte Oosporangium.- 13 Calcareous Nannofossils.- 14 Fossil Calcareous Dinoflagellate Cysts.- III Algae and Stromatolites Through Time.- 15 Archaean and Proterozoic Stromatolites.- 16 Cambrian Calcareous Cyanobacteria and Algae.- 17 Ordovician Algae and Global Tectonics.- 18 Ordovician to Devonian Marine Calcareous Algae.- 19 Carboniferous Calcareous Algae.- 20 Permian Marine Calcareous Algae.- 21 Triassic and Jurassic Marine Calcareous Algae: A Critical Review.- 22 Mesozoic and Cenozoic Marine Benthic Calcareous Algae with Particular Regard to Mesozoic Dasycladaleans.- 23 Modern Stromatolites: A Review.

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