Applied Stratigraphy

1. Auflage 2005. Corr. 2. printing 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4020-2632-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1015 g

Reihe: Topics in Geobiology

Stratigraphy has come to be indispensable to nearly all branches of the earth sciences, assisting such endeavors as charting the course of evolution, understanding ancient ecosystems, and furnishing data pivotal to finding strategic mineral resources. This book focuses on traditional and innovative stratigraphy techniques and how these can be used to reconstruct the geological history of sedimentary basins and in solving manifold geological problems and phenomena.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koutsoukos, Eduardo A. M.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Historische Geologie, Geochronologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Evolution of a Concept.- Stratigraphy: Evolution of a Concept.- The Search for Patterns: Ordering the Framework.- Buried Time: Chronostratigraphy as a Research Tool.- Ecostratigraphy’s Basis, using Silurian and Devonian Examples, with Consideration of the Biogeographic Complication.- Devonian Palynostratigraphy in Western Gondwana.- Carboniferous and Permian Palynostratigraphy.- Biostratigraphy of the Non-Marine Triassic: Is a Global Correlation Based on Tetrapod Faunas Possible?.- The K-T Boundary.- The Search for Clues: Analyzing and Sequencing the Record.- Chemostratigraphy.- Paleobotany and Paleoclimatology.- Palynofacies Analysis and its Stratigraphic Application.- Sequence Biostratigraphy with Examples from the Plio-Pleistocene and Quaternary.- Taphonomy — Overview of Main Concepts and Applications to Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis.- Significance of Ichnofossils to Applied Stratigraphy.- Cyclostratigraphy.- The Role and Value of “Biosteering” in Hydrocarbon Reservoir Exploitation.- Modelling the Record.- Quantitative Methods for Applied Microfossil Biostratigraphy.