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Paleontology --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Paléontologie --- Stratigraphie --- Age of rocks --- Rocks --- Stratigraphic geology --- Physical geology --- Age

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This book, proposed as a companion volume to Professor Holman's Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in North America (1995), presents, in detail, occurences of the herpetofauna in Britain and Western and Central Europe as well as discussions on the paleogeography, paleoecology, and evolution of these groups. The format follows in general that of the volume on North America, starting with an overview of the Pleistocene in Europe followed by a bestiary and chapters on identification of fossils, sites yielding fossils, range adjustments, evolutionary and extinction patterns, and origins of modern herpetofauna in Europe.

Amphibians, Fossil --- Reptiles, Fossil --- Paleontology --- Ice Age --- Pleistocene Epoch --- Synapsida --- Amniotes, Fossil --- Vertebrates, Fossil --- Amphibiens fossiles --- Reptiles fossiles --- Paléontologie

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This volume is intended to show how stable isotopes can be applied to understanding the palaeoenvironment. There are chapters on the interpretation of isotopes in water, tree rings, bones and teeth, lake sediments, speleothems and marine sediments. Crucial to the understanding of the environmental signal contained within the isotope composition of different materials is to gain more information about how rainfall isotope compositions are determined by climate. Chapter 1 (Darling et al. ) describes O, H and C stable isotope compositions in the modern day water and aqueous carbon cycles to provide a framework for the interpretation of these isotopes in the past. The chapter on the water cycle divides naturally into a number of sections. The starting point, precipitation, is especially important because it is the precursor to which most O and H isotope proxy studies are attempting to relate. While much is understood about the isotope systematics of precipitation, largely owing to the existence of the IAEA– WMO Global Network for Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP), important questions remain to be answered in relation to the isotope-temperature gradients of past climatic conditions. The chapter describes the three reservoirs of water sustaining all terrestrial proxies; soil and vadose zone moisture, groundwater, and surface waters. In each reservoir isotope effects intervene to modify to a greater or lesser extent the isotope signature of antecedent precipitation; groundwaters are least affected and surface waters the most.

Isotopes --- Paleontology --- Isotopes. --- Paleontology. --- Paléontologie --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVTERRE SPRINGER-B --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Nuclides

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Geology, Stratigraphic --- Paleontology --- Stratigraphie --- Paléontologie --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Age of rocks --- Rocks --- Stratigraphic geology --- Age --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Physical geology

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Located at the southwest corner of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Lothagam represents one of the most important intervals in African prehistory. Early human remains are restricted in distribution to Africa and the acquisition of an upright bipedal striding gait, the hallmark of humanity, appears to be at least circumstantially linked to the reduction of equatorial forests and the spread of grasslands on that continent. The diverse Lothagam fauna documents the end-Miocene transition from forested to more open habitats that were exploited by grazing horses and antelopes, hippos, giant pigs, and true elephants. It also includes spectacularly complete fossil carnivore skeletons and some of the oldest human remains.Enlisting a team of highly qualified specialists, this book provides the geologic context and dating framework for the Lothagam fossiliferous sequences, describes the immense diversity of vertebrate fossils recovered from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene sediments, and synthesizes the results to interpret the changing paleoenvironments that prevailed at this site. The book will interest anthropologists, paleontologists, geologists, and anyone interested in human origins.

Vertebrates, Fossil --- Paleontology --- Animals, Fossil --- Vertébrés fossiles --- Paléontologie --- Animaux fossiles --- Lothagam Site (Kenya) --- Lothagam (Kenya : Site archéologique) --- Lothagam Site (Kenya). --- Vertébrés fossiles --- Paléontologie --- Lothagam (Kenya : Site archéologique) --- Animal fossils --- Animals, Antediluvian --- Animals, Prehistoric --- Antediluvian animals --- Fauna, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric animals --- Prehistoric fauna --- Miocene Epoch --- Fossils --- Chordata, Fossil --- Kenya --- Antiquities --- Vertebrates [Fossil ] --- Miocene --- Animals [Fossil ]