Biostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy
Author: Brian McGowran
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521048170

In addition to providing information about ancient environments and macroevolution, microfossils can be used to correlate the absolute ages of rocks. Following the development of biostratigraphy from classical origins into petroleum exploration and deep-ocean drilling, this survey explores in depth the surprisingly wide application of biostratigraphic methods. The book will be essential reading for students and researchers working in basin analysis, sequence stratigraphy, palaeoceanography, palaeobiology and related fields.

Recent Developments in Applied Biostratigraphy

Recent Developments in Applied Biostratigraphy
Author: Alister James Powell
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2005
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781862391871

Three organizations devoted to micropalaeontology held a joint meeting in London in September 2002 to encourage the trans-Atlantic sharing of ideas and to develop an integrated multi-disciplinary approach to both the academic and industrial realms. The 13 papers here, a small selection of those presented, discuss such topics as morphostratigraphy a

Introduction to Microfossil Biostratigraphy

Introduction to Microfossil Biostratigraphy
Author: M. Dan Georgescu
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2021-09-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1527575314

This textbook will appeal to students and graduates making their first steps in the application of both microfossils and stratigraphy. It presents, in detail, the historical development of microfossil biostratigraphy, from its birth to the emergence of sequence stratigraphy, including its roots in classical biostratigraphy. The interplay between the academic and economical challenges, on one hand, and developments in microfossil biostratigraphy, on the other, is explored thoroughly. The book also presents an introduction to the scientific concepts used in microfossil biostratigraphy practice, and the uses in microbiostratigraphy of 25 groups of microfossils, such as algae, protistans, reproductive plant debris, invertebrates, chordates and vertebrates, and microproblematica groups. It also provides a numerical method to calculate the biostratigraphical resolution of these microfossil groups.

Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera

Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera
Author: Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015-10-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1910634263

The role of fossil planktonic foraminifera as markers for biostratigraphical zonation and correlation underpins most drilling of marine sedimentary sequences and is key to hydrocarbon exploration. The first - and only - book to synthesise the whole biostratigraphic and geological usefulness of planktonic foraminifera, Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera unifies existing biostratigraphic schemes and provides an improved correlation reflecting regional biogeographies.Renowned micropaleontologist Marcelle K. Boudagher-Fadel presents a comprehensive analysis of existing data on fossil planktonic foraminifera genera and their phylogenetic evolution in time and space. This important text, now in its Second Edition, is in considerable demand and is now being republished by UCL Press.

Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera

Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera
Author: Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel
Publisher: Newnes
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2012
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0444536388

Foraminifera are free-living protozoa that grow an elaborate, solid calcite skeleton. Their well-marked evolutionary record makes them of outstanding value in zonal stratigraphy. The role of fossil planktonic foraminifera as markers for biostratigraphical zonation and correlation underpins most drilling of marine sedimentary sequences and is key to hydrocarbon exploration. Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera presents a comprehensive analysis of existing data on fossil planktonic foraminifera genera and their phylogenetic evolution in time and space. In addition, the book contains new, unpublished data on carbonate thin sections with identified fossil planktonic foraminifera from the Far East to offshore Brazil and South Africa.

Biostratigraphy of China

Biostratigraphy of China
Author: Wen-tang Zhang
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9787030113146

Distributed by Elsevier Science on behalf of Science Press. Biostratigraphic data are basic to geological and palaeontological research. This book presents up-to-date material and research achievements in biostratigraphy in recent decades in China, and provides a variety of knowledge to lay a solid foundation for geologists and palaeontologists worldwide. It consists of 13 chapters covering 13 major geological systems. Every chapter addresses tectonic sedimentary domains, current biostratigraphic systems, series boundaries, faunal/floral succession, evolutionary trends and bioevents, correlation of the standard columns in China with other part of the world, facies patterns, palaeobiogeography and palaeogeography. * Up-to-date and authoritative data basic to geologic research about China and all Asia * Concepts, procedures and classification follow modern international standards updated to the present * Written by leading Chinese geologists and palaeontologists