Mammoths and the Environment
Mammoths and the Environment

Author: Valentina V. Ukraintseva

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08-08

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1107027160

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The study of fossilised remains of herbivorous animals, particularly those rare findings with well-preserved gastrointestinal tracts filled with plant remains, is crucial to our understanding of the environment in which they lived. Summarising thirty years of research, Ukraintseva presents evidence on plants once eaten by Siberia's major herbivorous mammals. The collection of pollen and plant spores from food remains sheds light on the vegetation of these ancient habitats, enabling researchers to reconstruct local floras of the time. This also promotes further insight into the causes of the extinction of various species due to changing environmental conditions and food availability. Providing a history of the research undertaken, the book also includes specific chapters on the Cherski horse and bison, along with the vegetation and climate of Siberia in the late Anthropogene period, making it a lasting reference tool for graduate students and researchers in the field.

Ice Ages, Climate Dynamics and Biotic Events: The Late Pennsylvanian World
Ice Ages, Climate Dynamics and Biotic Events: The Late Pennsylvanian World

Author: S.G. Lucas

Publisher: Geological Society of London Special Publications

Published: 2023-06-19

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1786205912

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The Late Pennsylvanian was a time of ice ages and associated climate dynamics. A major reduction in Gondwana ice-volume was followed by a prolonged period of relative global warmth, culminating in the last great ice age of the late Paleozoic. It also was a major turning point in the evolution of life on land, when the coal forests of the Middle Pennsylvanian gave way to new kinds of Late Pennsylvanian wetland vegetation, and new kinds of animals appeared. Changes in the terrestrial biota began during the Middle Pennsylvanian, accelerating and proceeding in a spatially complex manner throughout the Late Pennsylvanian. The Late Pennsylvanian is thus a laboratory for studying environmental changes in a glacial world, and for assessing coeval biotic changes, in part to establish the possible links between the two. No book has been dedicated to this time interval, so this volume fills a gap in our understanding of a dynamic Late Pennsylvanian world that is much like the late Cenozoic world.

Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine
Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine

Author: Lylia Khassanova

Publisher: John Libbey Eurotext

Published: 1990-05

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 9782742004294

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Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology & Medicine held in Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 5-9 May 2002.

Archaeological Informatics
Archaeological Informatics

Author: Göran Burenhult

Publisher: British Archaeological Association

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13:

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Seventy-two papers, proceedings of the 29th CAA Conference held in Gotland in 2001, discuss recent developments in the archaeological use of computer applications and quantitative methods. Contributors discuss this use and application in seven thematic sections: GIS; virtual archaeology; osteology; internet applications and cultural heritage management; survey, mapping, archaeometry, GPS and CAD; database applications; workshops. Abstracts for each section are contained on a CD-Rom.

Petroleum Geology of NW Europe
Petroleum Geology of NW Europe

Author: B. Levell

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2018-02-15

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 1786202778

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Published by the Geological Society on behalf of PGC Ltd. (1 hardback volume in slipcase). The 8th Conference on the Petroleum Geology of NW Europe was held in September 2015 and marked the 50th anniversary of the first commercial discovery offshore in the North Sea (West Sole, in September 1965). Its focus was ‘50 Years of Learning – a Platform for Present Value and Future Success’ and its objective was to provide an update on discoveries, developments, technologies and geological concepts from the region. The 39 extensively illustrated technical papers cover the full width of recent activity and are divided into the following sections: Plays and fairways; Play assessment; Recent successes and learnings from failures; Infrastructure-led exploration and development; Late-life fields, re-development and the ‘next life’; Onshore exploration and development. The proceedings volume follows the format of many of the previous conferences since the first in 1974. Collectively these provide a unique documentation of the discovery and development of several NW European hydrocarbon provinces. The volume will be of interest to all geoscientists involved in exploration and development in NW Europe. It provides a fascinating overview of how creativity can continue to reveal hidden resources in an area that has been called ‘mature’ for at least the last 20 of its 50-year history.