Biotectonics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biotectonics write by Malte C. Ebach. This book was released on 2020-10-01. Biotectonics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tectonic plates are constantly moving, either crashing into one another creating a mosaic of mountains and shallow seas, or tearing apart and isolating large swathes of land. In both cases plate tectonics separates populations leading to the evolution of biota. Tectonics is also responsible for the destruction life, for instance when large coral reefs or shallow seas are compressed to form mountain peaks. Could recent research into these processes provide enough evidence to show that tectonics may be the ultimate driver of life on Earth? Our book delves into the current research in tectonics, particularly neotectonics, and its impact on rapid changes on biogeographical classification, also known as bioregionalisation. We also introduce a new term biotectonics that studies the impact of tectonics on biogeoregionalisation. The question we ask is how tectonics directly influences the distribution of biota in four case studies: the Mesozic and early Palaeogene Australides, which spans the Proto-Pacific coast of the South America, Antaractica and Australiasia; and the Neogene of Australia. To conclude we examine the role of neotectonics on tranistion zones and the Amazon Basin and make a case for biotectonic extinction.
Lectures in Astrobiology
Lectures in Astrobiology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lectures in Astrobiology write by Bernard Barbier. This book was released on 2006-01-13. Lectures in Astrobiology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first of a divided two-part softcover edition of the "Lectures in Astrobiology Volume I" containing the sections "General Introduction", "The Early Earth and Other Cosmic Habitats for Life" and "Appendices" including an extensive glossary on Astrobiology. "Lectures in Astrobiology" is the first comprehensive textbook at graduate level encompassing all aspects of the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume I of the Lectures in Astrobiology gathers a first set of extensive lectures that cover a broad range of topics, from the formation of solar systems to the quest for the most primitive life forms that emerged on the Early Earth.
Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials
Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials write by Mariano Mercurio. This book was released on 2018-11-29. Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials: Environmental and Pharmaceutical Applications retraces the most important knowledge gaps that the scientific community is facing, including a drawback of real-world applications. This valuable resource explores the novel applications of this group of nanomaterials that can be suitably surface-modified to obtain properties that can be applied in environmental and pharmaceutical fields. For example, modification with surfactants has given new motivation to the study of these materials by producing an inversion in the ion exchange behavior from cationic to anionic. This strategy has paved the way for new uses highlighted in this timely resource. - Explores the combination of both minerals (clay and zeolite) together, with their application in two broad areas of emerging research - Explains better utilization and applications for modified clay and zeolite through detailed comparative studies - Consolidates information on the modification and tuning of clay and zeolite materials for novelty applications - Helps users in the selection of materials, surface features, and other functionalization for diverse applications
Lectures in Astrobiology
Lectures in Astrobiology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lectures in Astrobiology write by Muriel Gargaud. This book was released on 2016-01-23. Lectures in Astrobiology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First comprehensive, beginning graduate level book on the emergent science of astrobiology.
Pre-Mesozoic Ice Ages
Pre-Mesozoic Ice Ages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pre-Mesozoic Ice Ages write by John C. Crowell. This book was released on 1999-01-01. Pre-Mesozoic Ice Ages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ancient ice ages are revealed by distinctive stratal facies that tell us much about the times of coolness and how the climate system works. Several strong ice ages were recorded in the late Paleozic time and during transitions from the Devonian in to the Carboniferous and from the Ordovician in to the Silurian. In Precambrian time, several are documented for both the late and early Proterozoic age. This title explores findings on the pre-Mesozoic ice ages, examining climate in relation to tectonobiogeochemical activities rooted in the changing earth-air-ocean system.
