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Format: 1 online resource (637 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-281-00387-5 , 9786611003876 , 0-08-047535-3

Content: This book serves as an up-to-date introduction, as well as overview to modern trace fossil research and covers nearly all of the essential aspects of modern ichnology. Divided into three section, Trace Fossils covers the historical background and concepts of ichnology, on-going research problems, and indications about the possible future growth of the discipline and potential connections to other fields. This work is intended for a broad audience of geological and biological scientists. Workers new to the field could get a sense of the main concepts of ichnology and a clear idea of how

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front cover; TRACE FOSSILS CONCEPTS, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction: A User's Guide; List of Reviewers; Contributors; Memorial to Roland Goldring (1928-2005); SECTION I: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ICHNOLOGY; CHAPTER 1. The Wadden Sea, Cradle of Invertebrate Ichnology; INTRODUCTION; THE EARLY BEGINNINGS OF ICHNOLOGY; THE ROLE OF EXPERIMENTS; RESEARCH IN THE WADDEN SEA; ICHNOLOGY ELSEWHERE IN THE WADDEN SEA; THE PROMOTION OF ICHNOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References , CHAPTER 2. The Antecedents of Invertebrate Ichnology in North America: The Canadian and Cincinnati SchoolsINTRODUCTION; THE EARLY CANADIAN SCHOOL; THE CINCINNATI SCHOOL; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References; CHAPTER 3. Edward Hitchcock and Roland Bird: Two Early Titans of Vertebrate Ichnology in North America; INTRODUCTION; THE ICHNOLOGY OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY; ROLAND BIRD AND THE DISCOVERY OF SAUROPOD TRACKS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References; CHAPTER 4. The Ichnofacies Paradigm: A Fifty-Year Retrospective; INTRODUCTION; THE RISE OF THE ICHNOFACIES CONCEPT , CONTINENTAL ICHNOFACIESSOFTGROUND MARINE ICHNOFACIES; SUBSTRATE-CONTROLLED ICHNOFACIES; USING THE ICHNOFACIES PARADIGM; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References; SECTION II: CONCEPTS, METHODS, THEORY, AND CONNECTIONS TO THE EARTH AND BIOLOGIC SCIENCES; CHAPTER 5. What's in a Name? Nomenclature, Systematics, Ichnotaxonomy; INTRODUCTION; TREATING NAMES OF TRACE FOSSILS: NOMENCLATURE; CLASSIFYING TRACE FOSSILS: SYSTEMATICS; NAMING TRACE FOSSILS: ICHNOTAXONOMY; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References; CHAPTER 6. Taphonomy of Trace Fossils; INTRODUCTION; TRACE FOSSIL PRESERVATION IN SOFT MUD , PRESERVATION IN HETEROLITHIC SOFTGROUND SUCCESSIONSPRESERVATION IN COARSE-GRAINED SUBSTRATES; PRESERVATION IN FIRMGROUNDS; PRESERVATION IN HARD SUBSTRATES; PRESERVATION IN WOODGROUNDS; ICHNOFOSSIL-LAGERSTA ̈TTEN; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References; CHAPTER 7. Uses of Trace Fossils in Genetic Stratigraphy; INTRODUCTION; SUBSTRATE-CONTROLLED ICHNOFACIES; SUBSTRATE-CONTROLLED ICHNOFACIES AND THE ROLE OF AUTOCYCLICITY; ICHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS TO GENETIC STRATIGRAPHY; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References; CHAPTER 8. The Application of Trace Fossils to Biostratigraphy; INTRODUCTION , LIMITATIONS AND ADVANTAGES OF TRACE FOSSILS IN BIOSTRATIGRAPHYCHARACTERISTIC APPLICATIONS OF TRACE FOSSILS IN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; OTHER POTENTIALLY USEFUL ICHNOTAXA; TOWARD RELIABLE TRACE-FOSSIL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References; CHAPTER 9. Trace Fossils and Marine Benthic Oxygenation; INTRODUCTION; OXYGEN-RELATED ICHNOCOENOSES (ORI); MANIFESTATION OF ORI IN VERTICAL SEQUENCES; CASE STUDY-CRETACEOUS BRIDGE CREEK LIMESTONE; POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; References , CHAPTER 10. Climatic Control of Marine Trace Fossil Distribution , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-444-52949-7

Language: English

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