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Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Robert Riding

    1. University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Calcification Processes in Algae and Cyanobacteria

      • A. Pentecost
      Pages 3-20

    3. Classification of Microbial Carbonates

      • R. Riding
      Pages 21-51

  3. Major Groups

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Calcified Cyanobacteria

      • R. Riding
      Pages 55-87

    3. The Solenoporaceae: A General Point of View

      • A. F. Poignant
      Pages 88-97

    4. Coralline Algae: Mineralization, Taxonomy, and Palaeoecology

      • D. W. J. Bosence
      Pages 98-113

    5. Cyclocrinitids

      • S. C. Beadle
      Pages 114-124

    6. Dasycladalean Algae of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic

      • G. F. Elliott
      Pages 125-130

    7. Cenozoic and Recent Dasycladales

      • P. Génot
      Pages 131-145

    8. Fossil Udoteaceae and Gymnocodiaceae

      • X. Wu
      Pages 146-166

    9. Recent Calcified Halimedaceae

      • L. Hillis
      Pages 167-188

    10. The Genus Concept in Charophyta: Evidence from Palaeozoic to Recent

      • M. Feist, N. Grambast-Fessard
      Pages 189-203

    11. Calcification of the Charophyte Oosporangium

      • A. R. Leitch
      Pages 204-216

    12. Calcareous Nannofossils

      • S. D. Houghton
      Pages 217-266

    13. Fossil Calcareous Dinoflagellate Cysts

      • H. Keupp
      Pages 267-286

  4. Algae and Stromatolites Through Time

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
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    2. Archaean and Proterozoic Stromatolites

      • S. M. Awramik
      Pages 289-304

    3. Cambrian Calcareous Cyanobacteria and Algae

      • R. Riding
      Pages 305-334
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK

    Robert Riding

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites

  • Editors: Robert Riding

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52335-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-52337-3Published: 12 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-52335-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 571

  • Number of Illustrations: 378 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sedimentology, Geology, Zoology

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