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Soil Grown Tall

The Epic Saga of Life from Earth

Gregory J. Retallack
Barcode 9783030887414
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Release Date: 18/02/2023

Edition: 1st ed. 2022
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Label: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Language: English
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

The Epic Saga of Life from Earth. It provides comprehensive information on paleosols, which are soils of the past providing a variety of clues to the evolution of life and climate on Earth and deals with topics such as the evolution of grassland ecosystems, mass extinction of the Late Permian and origin of life, all viewed from the perspective of the fossil record of soils.

This book is designed as an easy night's read and introduction to fossil soils and the relatively new disciplines of Paleopedology and Astropedology. It includes line art and color illustrations to visualize the topic for the informed layperson or interested colleagues. It provides comprehensive information on paleosols, which are soils of the past providing a variety of clues to the evolution of life and climate on Earth and deals with topics such as the evolution of grassland ecosystems, mass extinction of the Late Permian and origin of life, all viewed from the perspective of the fossil record of soils. This turns out to be a refreshing new perspective of wide interest.