Organized thematically, the book covers a wide variety of topics, including the structural development of Carboniferous basins, the paleontology of those periods, and Carboniferous and Permian timescales and global correlations. Environmental and climatic changes had their effects on organisms and plants. As the contributors demonstrate, a better understanding of the evolution of the earth during the Carboniferous and Permian periods will not only help us to find more mineral resources, but will also provide insight into important environmental questions of today.

U kunt het boek bestellen op de website van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.

Auteur(s):prof.dr. Th.E. (Theo) Wong