Biominerals and Fossils Through Time

Jean-Pierre Cuif; Yannicke Dauphin; James E. Sorauf

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511781070

Fossils are essential to the reconstruction of the evolution of life and episodes in Earth history. Knowledge of biomineralization - the processes associated with the formation of mineralized biological structures - is essential to properly evaluate data derived from fossils. This book emphasizes skeletal formation and fossilization in a geologic framework in order to understand evolution, relationships between fossil groups, and the use of biomineral materials as geochemical proxies for understanding ancient oceans and climates. The focus is on shells and skeletons of calcareous organisms, and the book explores the fine structures and mode of growth of the characteristic crystalline units, taking advantage of most recent physical methodological advances. The book is richly illustrated and will be of great interest to advanced students and researchers in paleontology, Earth history, evolution, sedimentology, geochemistry, and materials science.

'This is a very fine, very dense book, well-illustrated …'

Source: American Paleontologist

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Introduction: Milestones in the study of biominerals
pp 1-10

1 - The concept of microstructural sequence exemplified by mollusc shells and coral skeletons
pp 11-56

2 - Compositional data on mollusc shells and coral skeletons
pp 57-118

3 - Origin of microstructural diversity
pp 119-184

4 - Diversity of structural patterns and growth modes in skeletal Ca-carbonate of some plants and animals
pp 185-276

5 - Connecting the Layered Growth and Crystallization model to chemical and physiological approaches
pp 277-314

6 - Microcrystalline and amorphous biominerals in bones, teeth, and siliceous structures
pp 315-348

7 - Collecting better data from the fossil record through the critical analysis of fossilized biominerals
pp 349-434

8 - Results and perspectives
pp 435-438

List of references
pp 439-476

Name index
pp 477-479

Subject index
pp 480-490

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