Peat depositional environments, the sites where and conditions under which peat
accumulates, significantly influence a resultant coal's physical properties, chemical …

Stratigraphy provides insights into the evolution and dynamics of the Earth System over its
long history. With recent developments in Earth System science, changes in Earth System …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

The origin and early evolution of land plants in the mid-Palaeozoic era, between about 480
and 360 million years ago, was an important event in the history of life, with far-reaching …

Taphonomy plays diverse roles in paleobiology. These include assessing sample quality
relevant to ecologic, biogeographic, and evolutionary questions, diagnosing the roles of …

Professor Jenny Clack in the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 2012.
Photograph Maja Daniels. fossil-hunting expeditions there in 1987, along with her husband …

F. HARVEY POUGH CHRISTINE M. JANIS JOHN B. HEISER Page 1 F. HARVEY POUGH
CHRISTINE M. JANIS JOHN B. HEISER VERTEBRATE LIFE NINTH EDITION Page 2 Boston …

Long-term secular variation in seawater sulfate concentrations ([SO 4 2−] SW) is of interest
owing to its relationship to the oxygenation history of Earth's surface environment. In this …

▪ Abstract The Siluro-Devonian primary radiation of land biotas is the terrestrial equivalent of
the much-debated Cambrian “explosion” of marine faunas. Both show the hallmarks of …

The dominant plants of the Late Carboniferous lowland tropics were taxonomically and
structurally distinct from those of any later time periods. Dominance was distributed among …