The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231106130 ISBN 13: 9780231106139

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation 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.

About this title

Book Description:

The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation 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.

About the Author:

Andrey Yu Zhuravlev is at the Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

Robert Riding is at the Department of Earth Sciences of Cardiff University in Wales.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0231106130
• ISBN 13: 9780231106139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Zhuravlev Andrey, Riding Robert