Taphonomy by Ronald E Martin
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.
'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
'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
Martin, Ronald E.: - Ron Martin is Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Delaware. He received his B.S. degree in Geology from Bowling Green State University, M.S. from the University of Florida, and the Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley. His present research focuses on the evolution of plankton and the biosphere, marine-terrestrial interactions, and the formation of fossil assemblages, especially those of microfossils, and their use in deciphering past climate and sea-level change; microfossils as bioindicators of ecosystem health; and geoarchaeology. He worked as a biostratigrapher for Unocal in Houston prior to coming to Delaware in 1985. He has served as Associate Editor of Palaios, Editor of the Journal of Foraminiferal Research, President of the North American Micropaleontological Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), and is the author of One Long Experiment: Scale and Process in Earth History (Columbia University Press), Taphonomy: A Process Approach (Cambridge, UK), and editor of Environmental Micropaleontology: The Application of Microfossils to Environmental Geology (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, NY). He teaches courses in paleontology, stratigraphy, and Earth systems, and has been nominated for the University of Delaware excellence in Teaching Award several times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521598330 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521598338 |
| Title | Taphonomy |
| Author | Ronald E Martin |
| Series | Cambridge Paleobiology Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1999-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 526 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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