Field palaeontology / Roland Goldring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldring, Roland, 1928- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fossils.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

Field Palaeontology provides a comprehensive, rigorous and unique approach to the analysis of fossils and sediments and offers a practical field guide which no palaeontology student can afford to be without. The past decade has seen immense changes in palaeontology and in the study of sedimentary rocks in general. This edition has been thoroughly revised to take into account these advancements in the subject to produce a book that is unique in its coverage of palaeontology and sedimentology. It aims to provide a basis for evaluating the information potential of fossiliferous sediments, and then to give an outline of the strategy and tactics whicn can be adopted in the field.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Safety in the field

References cited on inside back cover

Chapter 1. Principles and classification

1.1 Categories of information

1.2 Principles

1.3 A classification of fossiliferous sediments

1.4 The next stage

References

Chapter 2. Field strategies

2.1 Previous work

2.2 Reconnaissance

2.3 Stratification, bedding and cyclic sedimentation

2.4 Graphic logs

2.5 Sampling: two important questions

2.6 Dominantly autochthonous buildups

2.7 Bedded fossiliferous sediments

2.8 Bioturbated sediments: trace fossils

2.9 Core analysis

Further reading

Chapter 3. Taphonomy of body fossils

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Plant fossils

3.3 Animal fossils

3.4 Concretions

3.5 Dolomite replacement and silicification

3.6 Breakage and deformation

Chapter 4. Fossil identification

4.1 Body fossils

4.2 Trace fossils

4.3 Pseudofossils

Chapter 5. Body fossils for the palaeontologist and palaeoecologist

5.1 Palaeontological and palaeophysiological analysis

5.2 Palaeoecological analysis

5.3 Ecological factors

5.4 Palaeocommunities and palaeoenergetics

5.5 Fossil-ores (Fossil-Lagerstatten)

Chapter 6. Shell concentrations and skeletal elements as hydraulic and environmental indicators

6.1 Information potential and general strategy

6.2 Attributes of shell concentrations

6.3 Types of shell concentrations

6.4 Analysis of biofabric

6.5 Shell concentrations in basin analysis

6.6 Quantitative description

6.7 Tool marks

Chapter 7. Fossils for the stratigrapher and structural geologist

7.1 Introduction to stratigraphic applications.

7.2 Stratigraphic procedure

7.3 Biostratigraphy

7.4 Procedure in biostratigraphy

7.5 Problems

7.6 The graphical method of correlation

7.7 Fossils in structural geology

Chapter 8. Trace fossils and bioturbation

8.1 Principles

8.2 Fonnation and preservation

8.3 Iclmofabric

8.4 What do trace fossils mean?

8.5 Colonization and ecological factors

8.6 Trace fossils and biostratigraphy

8.7 Vertebrate tracks

8.8 Coprolites and faecal pellets

8.9 Trace fossils and facies interpretation

8.10 Trace fossil description

Appendices

Appendix A: Fieldwork basics

Appendix B: Field statistics

Appendix C: Biomineralization

Appendix D: Checklists

Appendix E: Glossary

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-317-88043-9

OCLC:

1112421963