Micropaleontology Principles and Applications
Pratul Kumar Saraswati
Micropaleontology Principles and Applications - Springer International Publishing , 2016. - 224p.,
Helps graduate students and professionals learn the basic skills needed to study microfossils --especially those without a formal background in paleontology
Details and illustrates the major groups of microfossils as well as discusses their ecology and geologic distributions
Explores applications of microfossils in reference to stratigraphy, paleoenvironment, paleoclimate, petroleum exploration, and paleoceanography
Introduction Pages 3-17
Saraswati, Pratul Kumar (et al.)
Taphonomy and Quality of the Fossil Record
Pages 19-33
Microfossil Biomineralization and Biogeochemistry
Pages 35-51
Morphology, Taxonomy and Concepts of Species
Pages 53-65
Basic Concepts of Ecology
Pages 67-77
Calcareous-Walled Microfossils
Pages 81-119
Siliceous-Walled Microfossils
Pages 121-132
Phosphatic Microfossils
Pages 133-138
Organic-Walled Microfossils
Pages 139-154
Biostratigraphy
Pages 157-169
Paleoenvironment and Paleoclimate
Pages 171-191
Basin Analysis and Hydrocarbon Exploration
Pages 193-201
Paleoceanography
Pages 203-218
This book will help readers learn the basic skills needed to study microfossils especially those without a formal background in paleontology. It details key principles, explains how to identify different groups of microfossils, and provides insight into their potential applications in solving geologic problems. Basic principles are addressed with examples that explore the strengths and limitations of microfossils and their geological records. This overview provides an understanding of taphonomy and quality of the fossil records, biomineralization and biogeochemistry, taxonomy, concepts of species, and basic concepts of ecology. Readers learn about the major groups of microfossils, including their morphology, ecology, and geologic history.
Coverage includes: foraminifera, ostracoda, coccolithophores, pteropods, radiolaria, diatoms, silicoflagellates, conodonts, dinoflagellates, acritarch, and spores and pollens. In this coverage, marine microfossils, and particularly foraminifera, are discussed in more detail compared with the other groups as they continue to play a major role in most scientific investigations. Among the various tracers of earth history, microfossils provide the most diverse kinds of information to earth scientists. This richly illustrated volume will help students and professionals understand microfossils, and provide insight on how to work with them to better understand evolution of life, and age and the paleoenvironment of sedimentary strata.
9783319145730
Micropaleontology
Paleontology
560 / SAR
Micropaleontology Principles and Applications - Springer International Publishing , 2016. - 224p.,
Helps graduate students and professionals learn the basic skills needed to study microfossils --especially those without a formal background in paleontology
Details and illustrates the major groups of microfossils as well as discusses their ecology and geologic distributions
Explores applications of microfossils in reference to stratigraphy, paleoenvironment, paleoclimate, petroleum exploration, and paleoceanography
Introduction Pages 3-17
Saraswati, Pratul Kumar (et al.)
Taphonomy and Quality of the Fossil Record
Pages 19-33
Microfossil Biomineralization and Biogeochemistry
Pages 35-51
Morphology, Taxonomy and Concepts of Species
Pages 53-65
Basic Concepts of Ecology
Pages 67-77
Calcareous-Walled Microfossils
Pages 81-119
Siliceous-Walled Microfossils
Pages 121-132
Phosphatic Microfossils
Pages 133-138
Organic-Walled Microfossils
Pages 139-154
Biostratigraphy
Pages 157-169
Paleoenvironment and Paleoclimate
Pages 171-191
Basin Analysis and Hydrocarbon Exploration
Pages 193-201
Paleoceanography
Pages 203-218
This book will help readers learn the basic skills needed to study microfossils especially those without a formal background in paleontology. It details key principles, explains how to identify different groups of microfossils, and provides insight into their potential applications in solving geologic problems. Basic principles are addressed with examples that explore the strengths and limitations of microfossils and their geological records. This overview provides an understanding of taphonomy and quality of the fossil records, biomineralization and biogeochemistry, taxonomy, concepts of species, and basic concepts of ecology. Readers learn about the major groups of microfossils, including their morphology, ecology, and geologic history.
Coverage includes: foraminifera, ostracoda, coccolithophores, pteropods, radiolaria, diatoms, silicoflagellates, conodonts, dinoflagellates, acritarch, and spores and pollens. In this coverage, marine microfossils, and particularly foraminifera, are discussed in more detail compared with the other groups as they continue to play a major role in most scientific investigations. Among the various tracers of earth history, microfossils provide the most diverse kinds of information to earth scientists. This richly illustrated volume will help students and professionals understand microfossils, and provide insight on how to work with them to better understand evolution of life, and age and the paleoenvironment of sedimentary strata.
9783319145730
Micropaleontology
Paleontology
560 / SAR