Field Palaeontology

ISBN-13: 9780582356252 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 208 str.

Roland (Postgraduate Research Institute for Goldring

Opis

Provides an approach to the analysis of fossils and sediments for students of palaeontology and sedimentology, offering a practical field guide. This edition has been revised to take into account the changes and advances in the subject over the course of the 1990s.

Spis treści

1. Principles and classification.
2. Field strategies.
3. Taphonomy of body fossils.
4. Fossil identification.
5. Body fossils for the palaeontologist and palaeoecologist.
6. Shell concentrations and skeletal elements as hydraulic and environmental indicators.
7. Fossils for the stratigrapher and structural geologist.
8. Trace fossils and bioturbation.

O autorze

Goldring, Roland