Applied palaeontology / Robert Wynn Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Robert Wynn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleontology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

A valuable reference for scientists and professionals involved in the applications of palaeontology.

Contents:

2 Fossils and fossilisation 5

2.1 Fossils 5

2.2 The fossilisation process (taphonomy) 5

2.3 Collection of fossils 7

2.4 Classification and identification of fossils (systematic palaeontology or taxonomy) 11

2.5 Description and illustration of fossils (palaeontography) 14

2.6 Preparation, conservation and curation of fossils (museology) 15

3 Principal fossil groups 17

3.1 Bacteria 18

3.2 Plant-like protists or algae 20

3.3 Animal-like protists or protozoans 48

3.4 Plants 77

3.5 Fungi 90

3.6 Invertebrate animals 91

3.7 Vertebrate animals 190

3.8 Trace fossils 217

4 Palaeobiology 221

4.1 Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental interpretation 221

4.2 Discrimination of non-marine and marine environments 224

4.3 Bathymetry and palaeobathymetry 224

4.4 Biogeography and palaeobiogeography 230

4.5 Palaeoclimatology 237

4.6 Quantitative and other interpretive techniques in palaeobiology 239

5 Key biological events in earth history 241

5.1 Evolution and extinction 241

5.2 Proterozoic 247

5.3 Palaeozoic 249

5.4 Mesozoic 255

5.5 Cenozoic 259

6 Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy 282

6.1 Biostratigraphy 282

6.2 Biostratigraphic technologies 285

6.3 Allied disciplines 286

6.4 Stratigraphic timescales 288

6.5 Sequence stratigraphy 297

7 Case histories of applications of palaeontology 306

7.1 Petroleum geology 306

7.2 Mineral exploration and exploitation 348

7.3 Coal mining 349

7.4 Engineering geology 353

7.5 Environmental science 355

7.6 Archaeology 356.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-420) and index.

ISBN:

0521841992

OCLC:

61757107

Publisher Number:

9780521841993 (hbk.)