Trace Fossils

Biology, Taxonomy and Applications
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-412-61480-4
Verlag: Science Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

The new edition of this work includes an appendix listing criteria for the identification of ichnotaxa. It covers all aspects of tiering trace fossil diversity and ichnoguilds, and is aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in palaeoecology, paleobiology and sedimentology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Historische Geologie, Geochronologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläozoologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläobotanik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Neoichnology: animal sediment relations; sediment stirrers; the work of worms; some celebrated burrowers; the synecology of bioturbation; Part 2 Palaeoichnology: the fossilization barrier; some ichnological principles; ichnotaxonomy and classification; stratinomy and ethology of trace fossils; trace fossil assemblages, diversity and facies; application of trace fossils to environmental interpretation; ichnofabric and trace fossils in core. Appendix: ichnotaxa used in this book.

Über Autor(innen)

Richard G. (Geological Institute University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Bromley