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IGCP493 and IGCP587
The Rise and Fall of the Vendian (Ediacaran) Biota
Palaeoenvironmental, Palaeoclimatic and Plate Tectonic Controls on the Preservation and Biodiversity of the Vendian Biota with a Comparison of Gondwana and Northern Assemblages.
Life in the Neoproterozoic (Late Precambrian)
The last, last Ediacarans. Pteridinium fossils counterpointed
against the modern landscape formed by Neoproterozoic
marine sediments, southern Namibia. This is the last
occurrence of diverse assemblages of these first animals on
planet Earth (artist Peter Trusler). |
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IGCP
The IGCP is a cooperative enterprise of UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and has been stimulating comparative studies in the Earth Sciences since 1972. After three decades of successful work, the "International Geological Correlation Programme" continued, as "International Geoscience Programme". Up to this day, IGCP has made research results available to a huge number of scientists around the world with about 400 projects.
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