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Discusses the current status of paleobiology, principally paleobotany and palynology in Antarctica, and the interrelationship of Antarctic floras to those of other Gondwana continents. It provides a broad coverage of the major groups of plants on the one hand, while on the other seeking to evaluate the vegetational history and the physical and biological parameters that influence the distribution of floras through time and space. The biologic activity is discussed within a framework of the geologic history, including the tectonic and paleogeographic history of the region. In addition, it includes will find a comprehensive bibliography of Gondwana paleobotany and palynology. ... Read more

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The seventh International Palynological Congress was held in Brisbane, Australia, from 29th August to 3rd September, 1988. Both the Congress and the papers compiled here show palynology to be a discipline striking in its breadth, characterised by a diversity of content, methodology and application. The breadth spans important applications in medicine, in evolutionary biology and taxonomy, in ecology, in stratigraphy and sedimentology, in oil exploration and recovery, in paleoclimatology and even in the highly practical forensic science. Within the fields themselves there is clearly an increasing depth of understanding as well as breadth of compass. ... Read more