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Deep Time Analysis

A Coherent View of the History of Life

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Authors:
  1. Mark A.S. McMenamin

    1. Department of Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, USA

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  • Provides clarification with regard to proper deployment of analytical techniques in the earth sciences
  • The analytical tools presented a have wide application to other fields of knowledge
  • Introduces significant advances in our understanding of earth history

Part of the book series: Springer Geology (SPRINGERGEOL)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Seventh Law

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    Pages 1-14

  3. Shuram Excursion

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    Pages 15-59

  4. Clemente Biota

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    Pages 61-102

  5. Crystal Creature

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    Pages 103-124

  6. Trace Fossil Geometry

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    Pages 125-133

  7. Albion’s Ænigma

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    Pages 135-143

  8. Coelacanth Vestiges

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    Pages 145-158

  9. Barasaurus Squamation

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    Pages 159-204

  10. Tetrapteryx

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    Pages 205-214

  11. Zealanditherians

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    Pages 215-237

  12. Bifaces to the Ends of the Earth

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    Pages 239-259

  13. Feldspar Point

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    Pages 261-270

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 271-288
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About this book

Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. The book considers how we think about certain types of paleontological questions and shows how to answer them. The analytical tools presented here will have wide application to other fields of knowledge; as such the book represents a major contribution to the deployment of modern scientific method as it builds on author's previous book, Dynamic Paleontology. Students and seasoned professionals alike will find this book to be of great utility for refining their approach to their ongoing and future research projects.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, USA

    Mark A.S. McMenamin

About the author

Mark McMenamin's research focuses on the origin of animals and other forms of complex life, the origin of land plants, and the Snowball Earth glaciation. His 2016 book Dynamic Paleontology (Springer) provides a new framework for the analysis and interpretation of ancient life. Mark's students are known for publishing in peer-review journals while undergraduates. In 2008, Mark received (as director of the Keck Geology project to study the rocks of the Boston Basin) a teaching award from Southern Utah University for student project excellence. Mark named the supercontinent Rodinia in The Emergence of Animals (Columbia University Press). His research is featured in  the History Channel’s program How the Earth Was Made. His concept of Hypersea: Life on Land was called one of "seven ideas that could change the world" by Discover Magazine.

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Deep Time Analysis

  • Book Subtitle: A Coherent View of the History of Life

  • Authors: Mark A.S. McMenamin

  • Series Title: Springer Geology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74256-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74255-7Published: 27 March 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08947-4Published: 11 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74256-4Published: 14 March 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2197-9545

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9553

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 288

  • Number of Illustrations: 86 b/w illustrations, 129 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Paleontology, Historical Geology, Biogeosciences, Evolutionary Biology

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