Richard G. Bromley

Trace Fossils

Biology, Taphonomy and Applications

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of this work includes an appendix listing criteria for the identification of ichnotaxa. It covers all aspects of tiering trace fossil diversity and ichnoguilds, and is aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in palaeoecology, paleobiology and sedimentology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU7462
• 1996
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 20mm x 156mm x 234mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780412614804
• ISBN-10: 0412614804
• Artikelnr.: 36662874

Autorenporträt

Richard G. (Geological Institute University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Bromley

Inhaltsangabe

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.