Liu, AG;
Menon, LR;
Shields, GA;
Callow, RHT;
McIlroy, D;
(2017)
Martin Brasier's contribution to the palaeobiology of the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition.
Geological Society Special Publications
, 448
pp. 179-193.
10.1144/SP448.9.
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Abstract
Martin Brasier's work spanned almost the entire geological column, but the origin of animals and the nature of the Cambrian explosion were areas of particular interest to him. Martin adopted a holistic approach to the study of these topics that considered the interplay between multiple geological and biological phenomena and he sought to interpret the fossil record within the broad context of geological, biogeochemical and ecological changes in the Earth system. Here we summarize Martin's main contributions to this area of research and assess the impact of his findings on the development of this field. "Karl Popper would have said that … palaeontology [is] not real science because you can't go out and sample it. I think absolutely the opposite. I think this is actually where science is. It's trying to guess what lies over the hill and map terra incognita. When people come in and colonize, that's just technology (Martin Brasier 2013, excerpt from a phone interview, in Moor 2016)."
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Martin Brasier's contribution to the palaeobiology of the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1144/SP448.9 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP448.9 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1547591 |
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