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Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology

Microfossils

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  • © 2020

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Authors:
  1. Sreepat Jain

    1. Department of Applied Geology, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia

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  • Offers a wealth of illustrations, together with brief explanatory texts
  • Details key morphological characteristics
  • Includes hand-drawn and clearly labelled diagrams
  • Provides abundant examples of each morphological characteristic discussed

Part of the book series: Springer Geology (SPRINGERGEOL)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Chitinozoa

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    Pages 1-25

  3. Acritarchs

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    Pages 27-42

  4. Pollen and Spores

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    Pages 43-65

  5. Dinoflagellates

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    Pages 67-92

  6. Conodonts

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    Pages 93-115

  7. Radiolarians

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    Pages 117-130

  8. Marine Diatoms

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    Pages 131-142

  9. Ostracods

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    Pages 143-170

  10. Benthic Foraminifera

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    Pages 171-192

  11. Calcareous Nannofossils

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    Pages 193-260

  12. Calpionellids

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    Pages 261-277

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 279-323
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About this book

This book provides practical morphological information, together with detailed illustrations and brief explanatory texts. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction, and goes on to describe the respective organism’s morphology in detail through numerous illustrations. This is followed by a brief note on its classification, and concludes with illustrated examples of stratigraphically important organisms through time with their major distinguishing characteristics. Featuring over 2500 clearly labelled, hand-drawn and classroom-friendly illustrations, the book offers a fundamental resource for budding palaeontologists, petroleum geologists and palaeobiologists.

Reviews

“Jain’s new book ranks amongst the best reference tomes in reviewing cur­rent micropalaeontological knowledge and com­municating this in a highly suitable form … . this book aptly demonstrates the amazing diversity of microfossils. Important is the fact that all chapters are organised and styled similarly, and their length is comparable, making this tome really comprehensive. … both clarity and brevity of explanations make this book an easy read for a wider audience, including those people who have only very elementary knowledge of microfos­sils, or none at all.” (Dmitry A. Ruban, Geologos, Vol. 26 (3), 2020)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Applied Geology, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia

    Sreepat Jain

About the author

Dr. Sreepat Jain is a Professor at the Department of Applied Geology, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia. With over two decades of teaching and research experience, Prof. Jain holds two doctorates, one from India and the other from the United States. Prof. Jain has been awarded the “TA Excellence in Teaching” for meritorious teaching in the United States and has also received the prestigious “Prof. S. K. Singh Memorial Gold Medal” for best research paper from the Palaeontological Society of India (India). He has published several research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has authored three books, two of which, Fundamental of Physical Geology (Springer) and Fundamental of Invertebrate Palaeontology: Macrofossils (Springer)  are recommended for undergraduate Earth Science courses at several American universities. Both these Springer books have also received excellent international reviews. Prof. Jain also serves a reviewer for several international geoscience journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology

  • Book Subtitle: Microfossils

  • Authors: Sreepat Jain

  • Series Title: Springer Geology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3962-8

  • Publisher: Springer New Delhi

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature India Private Limited 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3960-4Published: 02 January 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-3962-8Published: 12 December 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2197-9545

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9553

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 323

  • Number of Illustrations: 202 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Paleontology, Economic Geology

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