Ronald E. Martin,
Ronald E. (University of Delaware) Martin
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 1999
9780521598330
Taphonomy
A Process Approach
Specificaties
Paperback, 526 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 1999
ISBN13: 9780521598330
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Cambridge Paleobiolo
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Taphonomy: A Process Approach is the first book to review the entire field of taphonomy, or the science of fossil preservation. It describes the formation of animal and plant fossils in marine and terrestrial settings and how this affects deciphering the ecology and extinction of past lifeforms and the environments in which they lived. The volume emphasises a process approach to taphonomy and reviews the taphonomic behaviour of all important taxa, plant and animal. It will be useful to anyone interested in the preservation of fossils and the formation of fossil assemblages, but it is aimed primarily at advanced students and professionals working in paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, climate modeling and biogeochemistry.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521598330
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:526
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Cambridge Paleobiolo
Inhoudsopgave
Preface; 1. Introduction: the science of taphonomy; 2. Biostratinomy I: necrolysis, transport and abrasion; 3. Biostratinomy II: dissolution and diagenesis; 4. Bioturbation; 5. Time-averaging of fossil assemblages: taphonomy and temporal resolution; 6. Exceptional preservation; 7. Sedimentation and stratigraphy; 8. Megabiases I: cycles of preservation and biomineralization; 9. Megabiases II: secular trends in preservation; 10. Applied taphonomy; 11. Taphonomy as an historical science; References.