Taphonomy: A Process Approach - Couverture souple

Martin, Ronald E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521598338 ISBN 13 : 9780521598330

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Martin Ronald E

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Taphonomy: A Process Approach is the first book to review the entire field of taphonomy, or the science of fossil preservation. It describes the formation of animal and plant fossils in marine and terrestrial settings and how this affects deciphering the ecology and extinction of past lifeforms and the environments in which they lived. The volume emphasises a process approach to taphonomy and reviews the taphonomic behaviour of all important taxa, plant and animal. It will be useful to anyone interested in the preservation of fossils and the formation of fossil assemblages, but it is aimed primarily at advanced students and professionals working in paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, climate modeling and biogeochemistry.

Revue de presse

'Martin covers an impressive breadth of subjects ... Subjects are presented in useful quantative detail.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution

'Taphonomy: A Process Approach is a good measure of how far taphonomy and paleontology have come in the past decades ... This synthesis is enormously valuable ... makes excellent use of the research literature. Karl W. Flessa, Science

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0521598338
• ISBN 13: 9780521598330
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 526