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Informationen zum Autor John Murray was awarded a DSc by the University of London. He has held honorary positions with the Palaeontological Association, the Micropalaeontological Society and the Geological Society of London. Klappentext A researcher and graduate student reference on benthic foraminifera and climate in Earth and Environmental Sciences, first published in 2006. Zusammenfassung This 2006 book explains how fossil forms of benthic foraminifera are used in dating rocks and reconstructing past environmental features. It also shows how living foraminifera are used to monitor modern-day environmental change. It is an important reference for researchers and graduate students in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Methods; 3. Aspects of biology and basic ecology; 4. Marginal marine environments; 5. Shelf seas; 6. Carbonate environments; 7. Deep sea; 8. Summary of living distributions; 9. Taphonomic processes: formation of dead and fossil assemblages; 10. Applications; Glossary; Appendix 1. Ecological data; References; Web appendices; Web appendix 1. References discussing taxonomy, dead or total assemblages; Web appendix 2. Faunal reference list; Living/stained foraminiferal data tables.
