Marine Palaeoenvironmental Analysis from Fossils (paperback)
Product code: SP83P
Print publication date: 07/02/1995
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Structure Processes and Tectonics
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781897799314
Author/Edited by: Edited by D. W. J. Bosence and P. A. Allison
Weight: 0.58kg
Number of pages: 272
Lyell Collection URL: http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/83/1
£30.00
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Special Publication 83
This volume critically reviews the use of fossils for the analysis of palaeoenvironments. The papers are multi-disciplinary, drawing on a host of geochemical, palaeoecological and palaeontological methods from traditional taxonomic uniformitarianism to more recently developed geochemical isotopic analyses. The approach of the book is analytical rather than taxonomic, concentrating on a range of techniques. The commong thread, however, is that it is palaeontological material that is being considered, whether it be identifiable body fossils, trace fossils, distinctive fossil associates, diagentically unaltered material or organic compunds. Using a number of methods, and comparing their results, allows different environmental controls to be isolated and provides more information on the record of past environmental parameters. The volume focuses on the data obtained from organisms and their remains and will be of importance to sedimentologists, stratigraphers and palaeontologists who need to maximise their palaeoenvironmental interpretations of depostional environments, facies models, sequence stratigraphy and palaeoclimates.
BOSENCE, D. W. J. & ALLISON, P. A. A review of marine palaeoenvironmental analysis from fossils
BOTTJER, D. J., CAMPBELL, K. A., SCHUBERT, J. K. & DROSER, M. L. Palaeoecological models, non-uniformitarianism and tracking the changing ecology of the past
CORFIELD, R. M. An introduction to the techniques, limitations and landmarks of carbonate oxygen isotope palaeothermometry
DE LEEUW, J. W., FREWIN, N. L., VAN BERGEN, P. F., SINNINGHE DAMSTI~ J. S. &
COLLINSON, M. E. Organic carbon as a palaeoenvironmental indicator in the marine realm
PLAZIAT, J.-C. Modern and fossil mangroves and mangals: their climatic and biogeographic variability
ALLISON, P. A., WIGNALL, P. B. & BRETT, C. E. Palaeo-oxygenation: effects and recognition
BRASIER, M. D. Fossil indicators of nutrient levels. 1: Eutrophication and climate change
BRASIER, M. D. Fossil indicators of nutrient levels. 2: Evolution and extinction in relation to oligotrophy
GOLDRING, R. Organisms and the substrate: response and effect
PERRIN, C., BOSENCE, D. W. J. & ROSEN, B. Quantitative approaches to palaeozonation and palaeobathymetry of corals and coralline algae in Cenozoic reefs
SMITH, A. M. Palaeoenvironmental interpretation using bryozoans: a review
MURRAY, J. W. Microfossil indicators of ocean water masses, circulation and climate
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