Hands-On Palaeontology : (Record no. 307736)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240122001411.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 231124s2021 xx o ||||0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781780466644 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781780460970 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC6646666 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL6646666 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)1258905505 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| -- | pn |
| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 560.1 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Donovan, Stephen K. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Hands-On Palaeontology : |
| Remainder of title | A Practical Manual. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Edinburgh : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Dunedin Academic Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2021. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | �2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Foreword (by Professor David A.T. Harper, Durham University) -- Introduction -- Getting started -- Chapter 1 How to collect -- Chapter 2 Where to collect -- Chapter 3 What to collect -- Chapter 4 The field notebook -- Chapter 5 Measuring sections (and why) -- Chapter 6 The Law of Superposition -- Chapter 7 Fossiliferous sedimentary rocks: Siliciclastics -- Chapter 8 Fossiliferous sedimentary rocks: Limestones, flints, cherts and coals -- Chapter 9 Reworked fossils -- Chapter 10 Fossils as way-up structures -- Chapter 11 Fossils as current indicators -- Chapter 12 Your palaeontological library -- Chapter 13 Fossils in caves -- Chapter 14 Beachcombing -- Chapter 15 Common sense in the field -- Chapter 16 Collecting with a camera -- Chapter 17 Buying specimens -- Some theoretical aspects -- Chapter 18 Palaeoecology 1: The organism -- Chapter 19 Palaeoecology 2: Organism meets organism -- Chapter 20 Palaeoecology 3: Getting more information from the bed -- Chapter 21 Preservation 1: Fossilization -- Chapter 22 Preservation 2: Death -- Chapter 23 Preservation 3: Disarticulation, transport and residence -- Chapter 24 Preservation 4: Burial and diagenesis -- Chapter 25 Trace fossils -- Working on your collection at home -- Chapter 26 Storage -- Chapter 27 Labelling -- Chapter 28 Photography at home -- Chapter 29 Drawing -- Chapter 30 Specializing in your favourite fossil group -- Chapter 31 Writing descriptions -- Chapter 32 Casting from natural moulds -- Chapter 33 Problems with preservation -- The wider field: getting involved -- Chapter 34 Collaboration -- Chapter 35 Scientific societies -- Chapter 36 Conferences -- Chapter 37 Journals and magazines -- Chapter 38 Offprints, PDFs and filing -- Chapter 39 Visiting museums -- Chapter 40 Ideas for further involvement. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Chapter 41 Publishing I: Persuading you to get involved -- Chapter 42 Publishing II: The hard work of self-editing -- Chapter 43 Publishing III: How to publish a new species -- Fossils in many fields -- Chapter 44 The field guide -- Chapter 45 Field trip: Den Haag, the Netherlands -- Chapter 46 Field trip: The Piltdown Trail -- Chapter 47 Field trip: Overstrand to Cromer, Norfolk -- Chapter 48 Field trip: Cleveleys, Lancashire -- Chapter 49 Field trip: Queen Victoria's bathing beach, Isle of Wight -- Chapter 50 Field trip: Salthill Quarry, Clitheroe -- Chapter 51 Field trip: Hurdlow, Derbyshire -- Chapter 52 Field trip: Antigua -- Chapter 53 Field trip: Aktuo-Pal�aontologie of Southport Beach, Merseyside -- Glossary -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A comprehensible reference manual for palaeontologists on many aspects of their science. Topics discussed range from the esoteric, such as palaeoecology and preservation, to the practical, such as the storing of specimens and photography. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Donovan, Stephen K. |
| Title | Hands-On Palaeontology |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press,c2021 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781780460970 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6646666">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6646666</a> |
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