600 INDEX arsenopyrite (FeAsS) 3:575t, 3:576f, 3:582-583, 3:583f, 3:585t, 3:630t arsentsumebite 3:508t arthropods (Arthropoda) 2:274-281 amber 2:274-275, 2:275f chitin 2:274-275 classification 2:275f Cretaceous 3:367, 3:367f, 3:368, 3:369f Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary 3:379, 3:380f, 3:381, 3:381f Devonian 4:196 ecdysis 2:275 exoskeletons 2:274-275 feeding strategies 2:278 flight ability 2:277 fossil record 2:276 horseshoe crabs 2:277f, 2:280 insects 2:295-300 Apterygotes 2:296, 2:297f, 2:300t arthropod relationships 2:297f biodiversity 1:263, 1:263f, 2:296f, 2:298f Carboniferous 1:204-206, 2:296-298, 2:299f, 4:210-211 classification 2:296, 2:297f, 2:300t collection methods 2:298 Cretaceous 3:368, 3:369f Devonian 2:296-298, 2:299/", 4:195-196 documentation 2:298 Eocene 5:469 extinctions 2:296-298, 2:298f geological history 2:296, 2:300t Jurassic 3:358 life cycles 2:298f Mesozoic 2:296-298 occurrences 2:295 origins 2:296 palaeodiversity 2:297f Permian 2:296-298, 2:299f Phanerozoic 2:298f Pterygotes 2:296, 2:297f, 2:300t taxonomy 2:2951 Tertiary 2:296-298, 2:299f Triassic 2:296-298, 2:298f, 2:299f, 3:350 morphology 2:274 ostracods (Ostracoda) 3:453-463 applications 3:462 Carboniferous 3:461, 4:210-211 characteristics 3:453 classification 3:453, 3:454t Cretaceous 3:460f, 3:461 Devonian 3:459, 3:460f ecological structures l:262t ecology 3:457, 3:460f evolutionary history 3:459 extraction methods 3:471 geological history 3:459 growth stages 3:456-457 habitat 3:457, 3:459 Jurassic 3:357, 3:460f9 3:461 lacustrine deposits 4:556 life cycle 3:457 morphology 3:455, 3:455f, 3:456f, 3:457/i 3:458f, 3:4S9f Myodocopa 3:453, 3:454t, 3:457, 3:458 f, 3:460f Ordovician 3:459, 3:460f Permian 3:460f, 3:461 Podocopa classification 3:453, 3:454t ecology 3:457 living examples 3:454f morphology 3:455f, 3:456f shell morphology 3:457f, 3:458f, 3:459f stratigraphic ranges 3:460f Quaternary 3:460f, 3:462 relevance 2:279 reproduction 3:457 Silurian 3:459, 3:460f, 3:461f, 3:462f, 4:191 stratigraphic correlation 3:460f Tertiary 3:461 Triassic 3:348f, 3:460f podomeres 2:274, 2:275 relevance 2:279 reproduction 2:278 respiration 2:277 Silurian 4:191 terrestrialization 2:276-277 trace fossils 2:279 visual systems 2:279, 2:280f arthurite 3:508f Arthur's Seat 2:96f Artinskian stage 4:208f, 4:209f, 4:215t, S:511f, 5:517f artiodactyls 2:536-537, 2:539 Arumberia 4:377 Arundian subdivision 4:202f Arvenian land mammal age 5:473f asbestos 1:43 8t Ascomycetes 2:437, 2:440-441 aseismic ridges 4:476-477, 4:482 ash 4:387t, 4:390t ash clouds 5:571, 5:574f, 5:576?, 5:576f Ashe formation, Appalachians 4:76-77 Ashgillian stage Appalachians 4:74, 4:84f, 4:87f biozones4:187f fauna 4:180-181 general description 4:179 general discussion 4:175-176 Ordovician 4:179f Variscides Orogeny 2:78 Asia Central Asia 1:164-169 geologic history 1:168 Kazakhstan Cambrian 1:173 f Carboniferous 4:201 geology 1:164 Global Standard Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) 5:511 f Kokchetav Massif 5:533, 5:535-536, 5:536f, 5:537 Ordovician 1:173 f Permian 5:Sllf Silurian 1:173f, 4:191-192 tektites 5:451 terranes 3:130f Tien Shan Mountains 1:164, 1:165f Triassic 3:344 Uralide orogeny 2:86 Kyrgyzstan 1:167 Tadzhikistan 1:168, 1:518 f terrains l:165f Tien Shan Mountains 1:164, l:165f, 1:167 Turkmenistan 1:166 Uzbekistan 1:167 Japan 3:297-305 accretion terranes 3:297, 3:300-302 arc-trench system 3:297, 3:298f background information 3:297 biota 3:302 earthquakes 3:298, 3:300f geology 3:300, 3:301f Hidaka Metamorphic Belt, Japan 3:240-241 palaeogeographic reconstruction 3:304f Permian-Triassic boundary 4:221-222 strike-slip fault systems 3:304f subduction zones 3:297, 3:298f, 3:303-304 tectonic processes pre-Neogene terrains 3:300, 3:302f tectonic evolution 3:302, 3:303f topography 3:297, 3:299f volcanism 3:297, 3:299/", 3:300f massifs l:346f South-east Asia 1:169-196 accretion terranes amalgamation 1:176, 1:17 6t constraining factors l:176t, l:179t distribution l:170f, l:172f, I:182f9 1:184f origins 1:171, 1:17 6t rifting and separation events 1:174, 1:175, 1:175, l:175f,l:176t sutures 1:1791 alluvial diamond deposits 1:178f background information accretion terranes 1:17'Of\ 1:171, I:172f9 1:173 f general discussion 1:169 Gondwana-Cathaysia Divide 1:169, l:170f plate tectonics 1:169, 1:17Of, 1:171 f, l:172f strike-slip fault systems 1:169, l:170f Wallace's Line 1:169, l:171f, l:172f brachiopods 1:173 f, 1:177f energy resources coal and lignite deposits 1:195 epigenetic deposits 1:195 hydrocarbon basins 1:190, l:194f iron ore deposits 1:195 magmatic arcs 1:190 mineral deposits 1:190, l:195f