The Vertebrate Fauna from Piram Island, Gujarat, India
Author | : K. N. Prasad |
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Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
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Author | : K. N. Prasad |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
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Author | : K. N. Prasad |
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Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
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Author | : K. N. Prasad |
Publisher | : APH Publishing |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Earth sciences |
ISBN | : 9788131300244 |
Earth Science Heritage Sites and Community Development in India is being published for the first time. The book gives a description of the various heritage sites present in different Geological Formations embracing a period of more than 1500 m.y. when the first Precambrian Microbial Communities were recognized. There is no Book of this nature dealing with Earth Science Heritage Sites in India. The present volume describes significant heritage sites containing extinct fauna and flora and minerals preserved in the rocks of different Geological Ages. Conservation of these significant heritage sites has been neglected with the result the valuable records on the Biodiversity of the ancient past is gradually being lost. The author stresses the need to conserve and protect the legacy left behind by Nature in the form of heritage sites by participation of not only scientists but also non-governmental agencies including various people associated with community development projects in the vicinity of heritage sites. A number of illustrations, maps and photographs of some of the significant heritage sites have been included. It is sincerely, hoped that this book will be a valuable contribution on Earth Heritage Sites in India.
Author | : Binita Phartiyal |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2023-01-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3031131193 |
Earth’s climate varies even without human influence but the acceleration in the changing pattern with cause and effect by/to the civilisation is a matter of concern to scientists. These patterns are lessons to understand future trends and ways and means for mitigation. The extreme weather events in almost every region of the globe involving excessive loss of human life and property are causing anxiety in society and posing challenges before scientists and planners. Cyclical variations in the Earth’s climate occur at multiple time scales, from years to decades, centuries, and millennia. Cycles at each scale are caused by a variety of physical mechanisms. In the last 65 Ma only, there have been several cycles of glacial advances and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 11,700 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era and human civilization. A multidisciplinary approach in studying the Earth’s changing climate will provide a holistic view and guide us in future planning and programming.
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Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
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Author | : Mikael Fortelius |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780231113588 |
The Sinap Formation in central Turkey near the city of Ankara preserves a rich record of mammalian evolution from about 15 to 5 million years ago and is one of the few sites in this region that also has fossil apes. It is unique among other fossil localities from Europe to Western Asia in that it has a thick stratigraphic section and preserves a long record of geological time. The authors have been able to piece together a detailed record of faunal change and, by adding paleomagnetic and radiometric dating techniques, have produced a chronostratigraphy for the Formation. Because of the dual importance of the rich record of the fossils, and the dating of the sediments, the editors have been able to attract some of the leading authorities on Eurasian Neogene paleontology and geology to contribute to this reference work. The results from the Sinap Formation will be the template against which other sites from Europe to Asia are compared.
Author | : Palaeontological Society of India |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
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Author | : Chirananda De |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Fossils |
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Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Earth sciences |
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Author | : Guntupalli V.R. Prasad |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2020-11-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030497534 |
This book recognizes and celebrates the contributions of Professor Ashok Sahni to the field of paleontology. Prof. Sahni established a School of Vertebrate Palaeontology at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, where he trained many of today’s vertebrate paleontologists of India. The book covers topics on evolutionary patterns, macroevolutionary events, origination and radiation events, changes in physical environments & climate and their implications for biodiversity dynamics, intercontinental affinities and biogeographic connections in a plate tectonic framework. The book begins by exploring India in the age of the dinosaurs, discussing new fossil remains from the Jurassic Era, then moves through the Cretaceous and Eocene to provide a picture on faunal and floral changes in Gondwanaland in the context of plate tectonics. Furthermore, the book explores the evolutionary patterns and biotic dispersals that resulted from the northward drift of Indian plate during the Cretaceous and its collision with Asia in the Eocene. The respective chapters reveal the role of plate tectonics and climate in shaping the geographical distribution of plants and animals in Gondwana, specifically in India, as well as the post-India/Asia collision implications for biodiversity changes and biogeography in the region’s continental environments. Given its scope, the book will appeal to vertebrate paleontologists, evolutionary biologists, and paleobiogeographers.