Stromatolites:
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1. Verfasser: McNamara, Ken (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Welshpool, W.A. Western Australian Museum 2009
Ausgabe:Rev. ed
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Beschreibung:"Factfocus" logo on cover. - Previous edition: 2001
Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-86)
Introduction; Living Stromatolites; Marine Stromatolites; Lacustrine Stromatolites; Fossil Stromatolites; Evolving Stromatolites; Stromatolites and Changing Day Length; Stromatolite Conservation; Acknowledgements; Further Reading
David Attenborough began his extraordinary tv series, The Living Planet at Shark Bay in Australia's northwest, because crossing the low dunes and descending to the beach is like slipping billions of years back in time. Where the waves gently break on the shore are stromatolites, rising like rows of concrete cauliflowers from the ocean. While they may look like inanimate rocks, examining a piece from the surface under a powerful microscope shows that it is teeming with life. Stromatolites are complex domes or columns of sediment formed by microbiological communities. These 'living rocks', as th
Beschreibung:86 pages
ISBN:9781920843885
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