New Zealand Adrift—The Theory of Continental Drift in a New Zealand Setting by Graeme R. Stevens, A. H. Reed and A. W. Reed, Wellington, New Zealand, 1980. 442 pp. Price: $NZ24·95. ISBNO 589 01184 7
✍ Scribed by J. W. Elder
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0072-1050
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BOOK REVIEWS
of arrangement which would have benefitted plates 9.1 and 9.2. Any reservations about the superiority of black background should soon be dispelled by reference to plates 6.3.1. 6.3.4, 8.7, or 8.11 where black and white backgrounds are m u d White background plates range from the excellent (R. 9.3) through the majority which vary from too dark to patchy tonal values to plate 4.1, about which the l a s said the better.
F d l y the title is a little unfortunate. Neither 'Indcx' nor 'Atlas' is an ideal title; both have other connotations for most people. but it does seem a pity that the series uniformity was not maintained by using 'Index'. More serious is dropping 'British' from the title. Although perhaps done in the hope of boosting overseas sales. sailing under false coloun is never to be recommended and could well prove counter-productive. Foreign micropalacontologists arc unlikely to be taken in as I can testify from experience at a recent confmnce abroad where I m i v e d a long, sustained and bitter harangue on this very point from a respected foreign collcaguc who had seen a copy of the book.
In summary, OM welcomes this book for its useful and informative content but at the same time must admit that more time and effort, particularly on the figures and plates. could well have turned something which barely appma&s the satisfactory into the excellent. In spite of thk, it is a 'must' for all workers on Foraminifera and most scientific libraries and nonspecialist mimpalaeontologists will probably wish to own a copy.