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Description / Table of Contents: Several years ago, John Rakovan and John Hughes (colleagues at Miami of Ohio), and later Matt Kohn (at South Carolina), separately proposed short courses on phosphate minerals to the Council of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA). Council suggested that they join forces. Thus this volume, Phosphates: Geochemical, Geobiological, and Materials Importance, was organized. It was prepared in advance of a short course of the same title, sponsored by MSA and presented at Golden, Colorado, October 25-27. We are pleased to present this volume entitled Phosphates: Geochemical, Geobiological and Materials Importance. Phosphate minerals are an integral component of geological and biological systems. They are found in virtually all rocks, are the major structural component of vertebrates, and when dissolved are critical for biological activity. This volume represents the work of many authors whose research illustrates how the unique chemical and physical behavior of phosphate minerals permits a wide range of applications that encompasses phosphate mineralogy, petrology, biomineralization, geochronology, and materials science. While diverse, these fields are all linked structurally, crystal-chemically and geochemically. As geoscientists turn their attention to the intersection of the biological, geological, and material science realms, there is no group of compounds more germane than the phosphates. The chapters of this book are grouped into five topics: Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry, Petrology, Biomineralization, Geochronology, and Materials Applications. In the first section, three chapters are devoted to mineralogical aspects of apatite, a phase with both inorganic and organic origins, the most abundant phosphate mineral on earth, and the main mineral phase in the human body. Monazite and xenotime are highlighted in a fourth chapter, which includes their potential use as solid-state radioactive waste repositories. The Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry section concludes with a detailed examination of the crystal chemistry of 244 other naturally-occurring phosphate phases and a listing of an additional 126 minerals. In the Petrology section, three chapters detail the igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary aspects of phosphate minerals. A fourth chapter provides a close look at analyzing phosphates for major, minor, and trace elements using the electron microprobe. A final chapter treats the global geochemical cycling of phosphate, a topic of intense, current geochemical interest. The Biomineralization section begins with a summary of the current state of research on bone, dentin and enamel phosphates, a topic that crosses disciplines that include mineralogical, medical, and dental research. The following two chapters treat the stable isotope and trace element compositions of modern and fossil biogenic phosphates, with applications to paleontology, paleoclimatology, and paleoecology. The Geochronology section focuses principally on apatite and monazite for U-ThPb, (U- Th)/He, and fission-track age determinations; it covers both classical geochronologic techniques as well as recent developments. The final section-Materials Applications-highlights how phosphate phases play key roles in fields such as optics, luminescence, medical engineering and prosthetics, and engineering of radionuclide repositories. These chapters provide a glimpse of the use of natural phases in engineering and biomedical applications and illustrate fruitful areas of future research in geochemical, geobiological and materials science. We hope all chapters in this volume encourage researchers to expand their work on all aspects of natural and synthetic phosphate compounds.

Description / Table of Contents: R. B. Rickards and A. J. Chapman: Preface / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:vii-ix, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.01 --- J. Rigby: A critique of graptolite classification, and a revision of the suborders Diplograptina and Monograptina / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:1-12, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.02 --- Adam Urbanek and Piotr Mierzejewski: A possible new pattern of cortical deposit in Tremadoc dendroid graptolites from chert nodules / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:13-19, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.03 --- Bernd-Dietrich Erdtmann: On the anisograptid affiliation of ‘Dictyonema’ flabelliforme (Eichwald 1840) and its nomenclatural consequences / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:21-25, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.04 --- A. C. Lenz and D. E. Jackson: Arenig and Llanvirn graptolite biostratigraphy, Canadian Cordillera / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:27-45, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.05 --- Stanley C. Finney and Stig M. Bergström: Biostratigraphy of the Ordovician Nemagraptus gracilis Zone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:47-59, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.06 --- Stig M. Bergström: Biostratigraphic integration of Ordovician graptolite and conodont zones—a regional review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:61-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.07 --- N. W. Schleiger: Cluster analysis of isograptid individuals from Bullengarook, Victoria, Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:79-96, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.08 --- Nils Spjeldnaes: Astogenetic development of some lower Ordovician graptolites from Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:97-102, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.09 --- Stanley C. Finney: Heterochrony, punctuated equilibrium, and graptolite zonal boundaries / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:103-113, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.10 --- Jianhua Yu and Yiting Fang: The Ordovician graptolite-bearing strata of Xiushui drainage basin, Jiangxi, southern China and their correlation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:115-117, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.11 --- Charles E. Mitchell: Morphometric studies of Climacograptus (Hall) and the phylogenetic significance of astogeny / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:119-129, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.12 --- Li-pu Fu: Graptolite zones of upper Ordovician to middle Silurian age in a continuous section at Ziyang, Shaanxi, China / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:131-134, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.13 --- William B.N. Berry: Stratigraphic significance of Glyptograptus persculptus group graptolites in central Nevada, U.S.A. / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:135-143, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.14 --- P. Legrand: The lower Silurian graptolites of Oued In Djerane: a study of populations at the Ordovician-Silurian boundary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:145-153, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.15 --- A.M. Obut and N.V. Sennikov: Graptolite zones in the Ordovician and Silurian of the Gorny Altai / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:155-164, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.16 --- S. Henry Williams: Top Ordovician and lowest Silurian of Dob’s Linn / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:165-171, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.17 --- Shi-cheng Huo and De-gan Shu: The Silurian graptolite-bearing strata in China / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:173-179, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.18 --- Merete Bjerreskov: Silurian graptolites from N Greenland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:181-189, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.19 --- Bao Deng: On the morphological characteristics of the spiralis group and the stratigraphic significance of the appearance of Cyrtograptus / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:191-195, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.20 --- Shi-cheng Huo, De-gan Shu, and Fu Li-pu: A mathematical study of the Cyrtograptus sakmaricus lineage with discussions of the evolutionary trends in this lineage / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:197-205, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.21 --- A. M. Obut and N. M. Zaslavskaya: Families of Retiolitida and their phylogenetic relations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:207-219, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.22 --- D. E. B. Bates and N. H. Kirk: Mode of secretion of graptolite periderm, in normal and retiolite graptolites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:221-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.23 --- J. Paškevičius: Assemblages of Silurian graptolites in various facies of the East Baltic region / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:237-245, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.24 --- Milena Mihajlović Pavlović: Silurian graptolites from Serbia, Yugoslavia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:247, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.25 --- D. C. Palmer: The monotypic ‘population’ accompanying the lectotype of Saetograptus varians (Wood 1900) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:249-259, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.26 --- P. N. Dilly: Modern pterobranchs: observations on their behaviour and tube building / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 20:261-269, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.020.01.27

Description / Table of Contents: Résumé L'étude de la multiplication initiale des effectifs de T. trifolii, élevés au laboratoire sur pousses de différents pieds de luzerne, a servi de test d'antibiose pour les cultures en plein champ. La distribution de l'antibiose, dans des échantillons importants de plantes appartenant à des cultivars sélectionnés pour leur résistance aux pucerons, a présenté une forme en J, c'est-à-dire que la majorité des plantes était très résistante, quelques unes apparemment sensibles, et un certain nombre intermédiaires entre ces deux extrêmes. Pour un niveau donné d'antibiose, la reproduction, la mortalité et ainsi la distribution initiale en âges dans les populations de pucerons ont été généralement identiques. La multiplication végétative de plantes présentant un gradient de résistance à l'intérieur d'un cultivar et l'utilisation d'un plan de distribution des boutures ont permis l'étude de ce qui semble être l'effet de l'hétérogénéité spatiale sur la résistance des cultures aux attaques de pucerons. La simulation d'une invasion de la culture par les pucerons en plaçant des adulte sur toutes les boutures d'un rang ne pouvait donner une explication de la croissance de la population que si les pucerons se déplacaient le long du rang pour découvrir et exploiter les pieds les plus sensibles. Une distribution par taches, comme on peut l'envisager dans un champ, ne devrait pas gêner les pucerons, car bien que les mouvements d'évasion soient stimulés par les niveaux de résistance élevés (de non-préférence), on peut en déduire que les pucerons se déplaceront sur des plantes très résistantes, eventuellement pour atteindre des plantes moins résistantes placées derriere.