Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments write by J. Tyler Faith. This book was released on 2019-02-21. Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments outlines the reconstruction of ancient climates, floras, and habitats on the basis of animal fossil remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites. In addition to outlining the ecological fundamentals and analytical assumptions attending such analyzes, J. Tyler Faith and R. Lee Lyman describe and critically evaluate many of the varied analytical techniques that have been applied to paleozoological remains for the purpose of paleoenvironmental reconstruction. These techniques range from analyses based on the presence or abundance of species in a fossil assemblage to those based on taxon-free ecological characterizations. All techniques are illustrated using faunal data from archaeological or paleontological contexts. Aimed at students and professionals, this volume will serve as fundamental resource for courses in zooarchaeology, paleontology, and paleoecology.
Devonian Paleoenvironments of Ohio
Devonian Paleoenvironments of Ohio - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Devonian Paleoenvironments of Ohio write by Rituparna Bose. This book was released on 2012-12-14. Devonian Paleoenvironments of Ohio available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Carbonate depositional systems in the Paleozoic geologic time represent fewer studies in paleoecological interactions than the siliciclastic systems. To evaluate this difference, the paleontology of the Middle Devonian Dundee Formation in Ohio has been explored. This geologic formation represents an important environment in the Michigan Basin of North America. Understanding biotic relationships such as mutualism, commensalism, parasitism and predation in an ecological community is important in unraveling the mystery of the fossil record. This research has contributed a large field collection which will be useful in documenting the fossil content of this unit for future workers. Rituparna Bose used new microscopic and imaging techniques in qualitatively analyzing the biotic interactions in small invertebrate shells. More importantly, she solved complex hypotheses in newly emerging problems in the field of geology and paleontology, such as the biodiversity crisis. Her study involved exploring the Devonian geology and paleontology of a geologic formation of a new unexplored quarry in Ohio, namely the Whitehouse Quarry in Lucas County, Ohio. She identified Devonian brachiopods to the genus level based on their morphology, and diagnosed paleoecological entities on host brachiopods and further measured episkeletobiont traces on hosts to understand the effects of environment and evolution on extinct species. Such studies have implications in predicting future biodiversity, ecosystem conservation and climate change. This research will also assist future workers to compare the ecology of brachiopod hosts of the Dundee Limestone with that of other Devonian brachiopods, from both carbonate and siliciclastic settings.
Paleontology and Paleoenvironments
Paleontology and Paleoenvironments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paleontology and Paleoenvironments write by Brian J. Skinner. This book was released on 1981. Paleontology and Paleoenvironments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, USA
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, USA - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, USA write by Walter E. Dean. This book was released on 1998. Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, USA available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume presents the results of a coordinated, multidisciplinary study of Cretaceous carbonate and clastic rocks in cores collected along a transect across the old Cretaceous seaway that extended from the Gulf Coast to the Arctic by a team of academic, industry and US Geological Survey scientists.
Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments
Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments write by Pierre Francus. This book was released on 2007-01-19. Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a guide to imaging techniques for sedimentologists, paleolimnologists, paleoceanographers and microscopists involved in paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Case studies illustrate the range of information obtainable from different sediments (marine, lacustrine, aeolian) and different types of samples (cores, embedded blocks, microscopic slides) using different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (visible, UV, IR, X-ray). Includes comprehensive protocols, guidelines, and recommendations for the use of low cost image analysis techniques.
