Applications of Palaeontology: Techniques and Case Studies

ISBN-13: 9781107005235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 406 str.

Robert Wynn Jones

Opis

Shows how palaeontology can be applied to petroleum, mineral and coal exploration and exploitation, engineering geology and environmental science.

Recenzje

'… a well-prepared, well-written and well-produced book with a wealth of information about palaeontology and its applications …' Geological Magazine

Spis treści

1. Work-flows in applied palaeontology; 2. Biostratigraphy and allied disciplines, and stratigraphic time-scales; 3. Palaeobiology; 4. Sequence stratigraphy; 5. Petroleum geology; 6. Mineral exploration and exploitation; 7. Coal geology and mining; 8. Engineering geology; 9. Environmental science; 10. Other applications and case studies; References; Index.