PALAIOS - 2008 Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Stephen T. Hasiotis and Edith L. Taylor
Coeditors
Jill Hardesty, Managing Editor


	The New Encyclopedia of Snakes Chris Mattison, 2007 Reviewed by Daniel I. Hembree, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University	11/30/2008 Review (PDF 180 KB)

	A Reef in Time: The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning To End John E. N. Veron, 2008 Reviewed by Wolfgang Kiessling and Heike Mewis, Museum fur Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	11/30/2008 Review (PDF 168 KB)

	Water and the Environment: AGI Environmental Awareness Series, 5 Stephen J. Vandas, Thomas C. Winter, and William A. Battaglin, 2002 Reviewed by G. L. Macpherson, Department of Geology, University of Kansas	11/30/2008 Review (PDF 132 KB)

	Glossary of Geology, 5th ed. edited by Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, James P. Mehl, Jr., and Julia A. Jackson, 2005 Reviewed by John W. Counts, Department of Geology, University of Kansas	11/30/2008 Review (PDF 152 KB)

	Plant Desiccation Tolerance M.A. Jenks and A.J. Wood, editors, 2007 Reviewed by Judith Totman Parrish, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho	11/30/2008 Review (PDF 176 KB)

	Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide by D. Paulson, 2005 Reviewed by Amanda Falk Department of Geology University of Kansas	11/30/2008 Review (PDF 148 KB)

	The Deep Claire Nouvian, 2007 Reviewed by G. L. Macpherson, Department of Geology, University of Kansas	11/30/2008 Review (PDF 144 KB)

	Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds Luis M. Chiappe, 2007 Reviewed by David A. Burnham, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas	4/4/2008 Review (PDF 192 KB)

	The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections: Fireballs, Falls, and Finds edited by G.J.H McCall, A.J. Bowden, and R.J., Howarth, 2006 Reviewed by Matthew L. Morgan Colorado Geological Survey	4/4/2008 Review (PDF 196 KB)

	Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology Elisabeth A. Parfitt and Lionel Wilson, 2008 Reviewed by Anthony W. Walton, Department of Geology, University of Kansas	4/4/2008 Review (PDF 156 KB)

	Cool-Water Carbonates: Depositional Systems and Palaeoenvironmental Controls edited by H. M. Pedley and G. Carannante, 2006 Reviewed by Brian D. Keith, Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana University and Department of Geological Sciences	4/4/2008 Review (PDF 188 KB)

	Early Earth Systems: A Geochemical Approach Hugh R. Rollinson, 2007 Reviewed by Christopher M. Fedo, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee	4/4/2008 Review (PDF 168 KB)

	Environmental Sedimentology Edited by Chris Perry and Kevin Taylor, 2007 Reviewed by Kathryn Amos, Australian School of Petroleum, The University Of Adelaide	1/13/2008 Review (PDF 156 KB)

	Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales John Tyler Bonner, 2006 Reviewed by Jon J. Smith, Kansas Geological Survey	1/13/2008 Review (PDF 96 KB)

	Insect Diets: Science and Technology A. C. Cohen, 2004 Reviewed by Conrad C. Labandeira, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	1/13/2008 Review (PDF 184 KB)

	Non-Marine Permian Biostratigraphy and Biochronology Spencer G. Lucas, Giuseppe Cassinis, and Joerg W. Schneider, eds., 2006 Reviewed by Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Department of Geology, The Field Museum	1/13/2008 Review (PDF 204 KB)

	Trace Fossils: Concepts, Problems, Prospects William Miller, ed, 2007 Reviewed by Emese M. Bordy, Rhodes University	1/13/2008 Review (PDF 188 KB)

	Evidence from the Earth: Forensic Geology and Criminal IinvestigationM Raymond C. Murray, 2004 Reviewed by Ernest Angino, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Department of Geology, University of Kansas	1/13/2008 Review (PDF 124 KB)