Applied PalaeontologyCambridge University Press, 2006 M05 4 - 434 pages This book was first published in 2006. Palaeontology has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. Applied Palaeontology adopts a holistic, integrated approach to palaeontology, highlighting its key role in the study of the evolving earth, life history and environmental processes. After an introduction to fossils and their classification, each of the principal fossil groups are studied in detail, covering their biology, morphology, classification, palaeobiology and biostratigraphy. The latter sections focus on the applications of fossils in the interpretation of earth and life processes and environments. It concludes with case histories of how our knowledge of fossils is applied, in industry and elsewhere. This is a valuable reference for anyone involved in the applications of palaeontology, including earth, life and environmental scientists, and petroleum, minerals, mining and engineering professionals. |
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Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 12 |
Section 3 | 17 |
Section 4 | 79 |
Section 5 | 132 |
Section 6 | 147 |
Section 7 | 154 |
Section 8 | 180 |
Section 13 | 306 |
Section 14 | 320 |
Section 15 | 331 |
Section 16 | 332 |
Section 17 | 340 |
Section 18 | 341 |
Section 19 | 342 |
Section 20 | 343 |
Section 9 | 266 |
Section 10 | 267 |
Section 11 | 282 |
Section 12 | 285 |
Section 21 | 344 |
Section 22 | 355 |
Section 23 | 366 |
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abundance acritarchs Africa algae ammonites appear areas assemblages associated author’s unpublished observations basin basis benthic benthic foraminiferans biogeographic Biology biostratigraphic zonation biostratigraphy biozonation bivalves brachiopods Briggs and Crowther calcareous Cambrian carbonate Carboniferous Cenozoic characterised climate conodonts corals correlation crinoids deep marine Devonian diatoms dinoflagellates distributions diversified diversity Early Cretaceous echinoids environmental Eocene epifaunal essentially evolution evolutionary turnover evolved extinction events facies faunas foraminiferans formation fossil freshwater gastropods hard-part morphology indicates isotope Jones and Simmons Late Cretaceous Late Devonian LBFs living mammals marine environments mass extinction Mesozoic microfossils Middle East Miocene nannofossils nominate taxon North Sea Oligocene Ordovician ostracods Palaeobathymetry Palaeobiogeography Palaeobiology Palaeocene palaeoenvironmental interpretation palaeogeography Palaeozoic Permian petroleum planktonic plants Pleistocene Pliocene pollen provinces radiolarians recognised reefs reptiles reservoir sediments sequence shallow marine shells Silurian South species spores stratigraphic stratigraphic subdivision stratotypified sub-groups systems tracts terised terrestrial tion Triassic trilobites zonation schemes Zone