Mollusk shells as bio-geo-archives - Evaluating environmental changes during the Quaternary

In view of the wide range of disciplines involved in Quaternary research, this book offers a one-stop resource for the Quaternary research community, since it reviews the latest techniques and provides an approach to how mollusk shell remains are used in the reconstruction of marine environments in southern South America. Written by specialists in the field, this monograph sets the scene for multidisciplinary research involving taphonomy, paleoecology, paleobiography, morphometry, shell mineralogy analysis and sclerochronology performed on mollusk assemblages and/or selected taxa, and offers a consistent picture of spatial and temporal environmental and climatic changes.

List of contents

Introduction.- Taphonomy of molluscan assemblages.- Shell microstructure.- Paleoecology of molluscan assemblages.- Biogeographic distribution of taxa.- Morphometry.- Stable isotopes.- Sclerochronology.- Concluding Remarks.

Summary

In view of the wide range of disciplines involved in Quaternary research, this book offers a one-stop resource for the Quaternary research community, since it reviews the latest techniques and provides an approach to how mollusk shell remains are used in the reconstruction of marine environments in southern South America. Written by specialists in the field, this monograph sets the scene for multidisciplinary research involving taphonomy, paleoecology, paleobiography, morphometry, shell mineralogy analysis and sclerochronology performed on mollusk assemblages and/or selected taxa, and offers a consistent picture of spatial and temporal environmental and climatic changes.
 

Product details

• Authors: María Sol Bayer, Gabriella Boretto, Melisa Charó, Sandra Gordillo
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2014
• EAN: 9783319034751
• ISBN: 978-3-31-903475-1
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 160 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 80 p. 31 illus., 10 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; C, ENERGY, paleontology, environmental science, engineering & technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy technology & engineering, Earth Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Physical geography, Geobiology, Biogeosciences, Biogeography, Electrical Power Engineering, Mechanical Power Engineering, Energy, general, Energy technology and engineering