Stromatolites: Ancient, Beautiful, and Earth-Altering

Language: English

Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, US, 2015

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A colorful look at 3.5 billion years of stromatolites, peculiar structures produced by primitive life forms that lived over vast spans of geologic time. At once diverse, attractive, and sometimes puzzling, fossilized stromatolites are found worldwide in sedimentary rocks-often presenting striking patterns-where they grew in ancient bodies of water that covered parts of the earth billions of years before the dinosaurs. This reference presents a basic, nontechnical account, along with 636 beautiful images of these most ancient of Earthly collectibles. Stromatolites, and the cyanobacteria that produced most of them, were responsible not only for the fossils themselves, but also, more importantly, for the introduction of free oxygen into the planet's atmosphere. Covering a diverse variety of stromatolites and the geologic objects that can resemble them, this book is a delight for stromatophiles as well as those curious about the early Earth.

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Title
Stromatolites: Ancient, Beautiful, and Earth-Altering
Author
Bruce L. Stinchcomb, R. J. Leis
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd, US
Publication year
2015
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0764348973
ISBN 13
9780764348976
Illustrator
McKee, Terry
Item weight
953 grams

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