Aims & Scope Topics in Geobiology Book Series ................... v
Preface to the Second Edition .................................. ix
Preface to the First Edition .................................... x
Acknowledgments for the Second Edition ......................... xi
Acknowledgments for the First Edition ........................ xiii
Cover Illustration ............................................. xv
1 What Paleopalynology Is and Is Not ........................... 1
2 Why One "Does" Paleopalynology and Why It Works ............. 45
3 The Natural History of Palynomorphs ......................... 55
4 Spores/Pollen Basic Biology ................................. 77
5 Spores/Pollen Morphology .................................... 87
6 Stratigraphic Palynology-Precambrian, Cambrian,
Ordovician ................................................. 155
7 Cambrian to Silurian Non-Marine Palynology ................. 189
8 Devonian Palynology ........................................ 199
9 Carboniferous/Permian Palynology to the End of
the "Paleophytic" .......................................... 229
10 Permo-Triassic Palynofloras ................................ 275
11 Triassic-Jurassic Palynology ............................... 289
12 Triassic-Jurassic Megaspores, Dinoflagellates, Other
Microplankton .............................................. 325
13 Jurassic-Cretaceous Palynology: End of the "Mesophytic".
Advent and Diversification of Angiosperms. Dynamic
Evolution of Dinoflagellates ............................... 347
14 Paleogene Palynology ....................................... 391
15 Neogene Palynology ......................................... 427
16 Holocene Palynology ........................................ 463
17 Production, Dispersal, Sedimentation and Taphonomy of
Spores/Pollen in Relation to the Interpretation of
Palynofloras ............................................... 497
18 Differential Sorting of Palynomorphs into Sediments:
Palynofacies, Palynodebris, Discordant Palynomorphs ........ 543
19 Some Factors Affecting Practical Applications of
Paleopalynology ............................................ 581
Appendix Palynological Laboratory Techniques .................. 615
Glossary ...................................................... 669
General Bibliography .......................................... 705
Index ......................................................... 773
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