Trace Fossils - Biology, Taxonomy and Applications

Informationen zum Autor Richard G. (Geological Institute University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Bromley Zusammenfassung This updated edition includes an appendix of criteria for the identification of ichnotaxa and covers all aspects of tiering, trace fossil diversity and ichnoguilds. 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.

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• Authors: Richard G. Bromley, Richard G. (Geological Institute Bromley, Richard G. (Geological Institute University of Copenhagen Denmark) Bromley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2016
• EAN: 9781138177550
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17755-0
• No. of pages: 378
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Earth Sciences