| Edition |
Rev. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (86 pages) : color illustrations, color map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"Factfocus" logo on cover. |
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Previous edition: 2001. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-86). |
| Contents |
Introduction; Living Stromatolites; Marine Stromatolites; Lacustrine Stromatolites; Fossil Stromatolites; Evolving Stromatolites; Stromatolites and Changing Day Length; Stromatolite Conservation; Acknowledgements; Further Reading. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Stromatolites.
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Stromatolites. |
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Cyanobacteria -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Cyanobacteria. |
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Australia. |
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Western Australia. |
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Stromatolites -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Western Australian Museum.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McNamara, Ken. Stromatolites. Rev. ed. Welshpool, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2009 9781920843458 (OCoLC)402442009 |
| ISBN |
9781920843885 (electronic book) |
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1920843884 (electronic book) |
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9781920843458 |
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1920843450 |
| Standard No. |
YBP10755406 |
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