Trace Fossils
Biology and Taphonomy
Richard G. Bromley(Author)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published on 12. April 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
310 pages
978-0-04-445686-5 (ISBN)
Description
This study of the sedimentary activity of trace-making animals is intended as a course book for advanced students rather than a general introduction to ichnology. Unlike most books on the subject which start with a geological approach, this book starts with the organisms that create the structures that become trace fossils. The text is arranged in two parts, beginning with an examination of animal-substrate relationships in a broad spectrum of different organisms and behavioural programmes. On the basis of this neoichnological approach, the second part then takes a new look at palaeoichnology and applies biological principles to trace fossils and biogenic textures as found in sedimentary rocks.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography, glossary, indices
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-04-445686-5 (9780044456865)
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Content
Part 1 Neoichnology: animal-sediment relationships; sediment stirrers; the work of worms; some celebrated burrowers; the synecology of bioturbation. Part 2 Palaeoichnology: the fossilization barrier; some ichnological principles; ichnotaxonomy and classification; stratinomy and ethology of trace fossils; trace fossil assemblages, diversity and facies; ichnofabric and trace fossils in core.