Geological Magazine; May 2007; v. 144; no. 3;
p. 605-606; DOI: 10.1017/S001675680600286X
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BEAUDOIN, A. B. & HEAD, M. J. (eds) 2004. The Palynology and Micropalaeontology of Boundaries.
Geological Society Special Publication no. 230. vi + 355 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £85.00, US $153.00; GSL members price £42.50, US $77.00; AAPG/SEPM/GSA/RAS/EFG/PESGB members price £51.00, US $92.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86239 160 2.
David Batten
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The papers in this book derive in part from a special session of the joint annual meeting of the Geological and Mineralogical Associations of Canada held in Saskatoon in 2002. Given that the session, which was sponsored by the Canadian Association of Palynologists, consisted of seven papers and a poster, and that there are 16 papers in the volume not including the introduction written by the editors, other contributions solicited subsequently make up at least half of the collection. Stratigraphic coverage is in some respects broad, the paper by MacLeod covering the whole of the Phanerozoic, but most of the contributions concentrate on particular boundaries and regions. The sorts of problems discussed in these are commonly encountered at other stratigraphic levels and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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