High Resolution Approaches In Stratigraphic Paleontology

Author : P.J. Harries
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402090530

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High-Resolution Approaches in Stratigraphic Paleontology by P.J. Harries Pdf

This volume delves into a spectrum of theoretical as well as applied aspects of high-resolution stratigraphic approaches in paleontology. It explores how increasingly detailed knowledge of the fossil record can enhance our understanding of the evolution of life on Earth and also allows geoscientists to address a broad range of important evolutionary and environmental questions in this arena. A 'zipped' version of the program CONOP9 2007 along with read-me files, sample files, and other documentation are available via a web site (see below). An earlier version of CONOP9 was initially supplied with 'High-Resolution Approaches in Stratigraphic Paleontology' (PJ Harries, editor) and described in Chapter 13 of that volume. This is an updated version of the program, and the documentation supplied with this version supersedes the information supplied in that chapter. To view the CONOP9 Programs, click on the link CONOP9 Programs on the right side of this page under Related links.

Author : Peter J. Harries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Paleontology, Stratigraphic
ISBN : LCCN:2008931214

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High-resolution Approaches in Stratigraphic Paleontology by Peter J. Harries Pdf

Author : Felix M. Gradstein,James G. Ogg,Mark D. Schmitz,Gabi M. Ogg
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1393 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128243619

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Geologic Time Scale 2020 by Felix M. Gradstein,James G. Ogg,Mark D. Schmitz,Gabi M. Ogg Pdf

Geologic Time Scale 2020 (2 volume set) contains contributions from 80+ leading scientists who present syntheses in an easy-to-understand format that includes numerous color charts, maps and photographs. In addition to detailed overviews of chronostratigraphy, evolution, geochemistry, sequence stratigraphy and planetary geology, the GTS2020 volumes have separate chapters on each geologic period with compilations of the history of divisions, the current GSSPs (global boundary stratotypes), detailed bio-geochem-sequence correlation charts, and derivation of the age models. The authors are on the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives surrounding the creation of an international geologic time scale. The included charts display the most up-to-date, international standard as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy and the International Union of Geological Sciences. As the framework for deciphering the history of our planet Earth, this book is essential for practicing Earth Scientists and academics. • Completely updated geologic time scale • Provides the most detailed integrated geologic time scale available that compiles and synthesize information in one reference • Gives insights on the construction, strengths and limitations of the geological time scale that greatly enhances its function and its utility

Author : Mark E. Patzkowsky,Steven M. Holland,Steven Matthew Holland
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226649375

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Stratigraphic Paleobiology by Mark E. Patzkowsky,Steven M. Holland,Steven Matthew Holland Pdf

This work weaves important strands of the paleontological literature into a coherent worldview that emphasizes the importance of understanding the geological record.

Author : G. Randy Keller,Chaitanya Baru
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139502634

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Geoinformatics by G. Randy Keller,Chaitanya Baru Pdf

Advanced information technology infrastructure is increasingly being employed in the Earth sciences to provide researchers with efficient access to massive central databases and to integrate diversely formatted information from a variety of sources. These geoinformatics initiatives enable manipulation, modeling and visualization of data in a consistent way, and are helping to develop integrated Earth models at various scales, and from the near surface to the deep interior. This book uses a series of case studies to demonstrate computer and database use across the geosciences. Chapters are thematically grouped into sections that cover data collection and management; modeling and community computational codes; visualization and data representation; knowledge management and data integration; and web services and scientific workflows. Geoinformatics is a fascinating and accessible introduction to this emerging field for readers across the solid Earth sciences and an invaluable reference for researchers interested in initiating new cyberinfrastructure projects of their own.

Author : William I. Ausich,Gary D. Webster
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780253351289

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Echinoderm Paleobiology by William I. Ausich,Gary D. Webster Pdf

The dominant faunal elements in shallow Paleozoic oceans, echinoderms are important to understanding these marine ecosystems. Echinoderms (which include such animals as sea stars, crinoids or sea lilies, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers) have left a rich and, for science, extremely useful fossil record. For various reasons, they provide the ideal source for answers to the questions that will help us develop a more complete understanding of global environmental and biodiversity changes. This volume highlights the modern study of fossil echinoderms and is organized into five parts: echinoderm paleoecology, functional morphology, and paleoecology; evolutionary paleoecology; morphology for refined phylogenetic studies; innovative applications of data encoded in echinoderms; and information on new crinoid data sets.

Author : Kenneth Ratcliffe,Brian A. Zaitlin
Publisher : SEPM Soc for Sed Geology
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781565761995

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Application of Modern Stratigraphic Techniques by Kenneth Ratcliffe,Brian A. Zaitlin Pdf

Much has been written and debated about the various methodologies applied to modern stratigraphic analysis and the ever increasing complexity of terminologies. However, there exist numerous stratigraphic techniques that are reliant upon precise, quantitative, reproducible data, rather than qualitative interpretive stratigraphic methodologies. Such stratigraphic techniques are applied in an entirely pragmatic non-biased manner within the petroleum industry to provide enhanced stratigraphic understanding of petroleum systems. The petroleum industry is a key driver behind the development of new stratigraphic techniques and a major provider of new stratigraphic data, which has resulted in several of these new techniques having been developed as a requirement to the industry. Furthermore, because techniques, such as isotope chemostratigraphy, elemental chemostratigraphy, magnetic susceptibility stratigraphy, numerical biostratigraphy and heavy mineral stratigraphy are based around precise, quantified and reproducible analytical data, they provide an independent means to test the more interpretive stratigraphic methodologies. This volume attempts an overview of stratigraphic methodologies, but largely focuses on data-generative stratigraphic techniques such as chemostratigraphy, magnetic susceptibility stratigraphy, numerical biostratigraphy and heavy mineral stratigraphy. Where appropriate, each paper discusses data generation methods including sample preparation and analytical methods as well outlining data interpretation methods. This is followed by case histories that demonstrate how those data are used to resolve stratigraphic problems, commonly using material derived from petroleum basins around the World.

Author : Eduardo A.M. Koutsoukos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 140206683X

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Applied Stratigraphy by Eduardo A.M. Koutsoukos Pdf

Stratigraphy has come to be indispensable to nearly all branches of the earth sciences, assisting such endeavors as charting the course of evolution, understanding ancient ecosystems, and furnishing data pivotal to finding strategic mineral resources. This book focuses on traditional and innovative stratigraphy techniques and how these can be used to reconstruct the geological history of sedimentary basins and in solving manifold geological problems and phenomena.

Author : Rituparna Bose,Alexander J. Bartholomew
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461464761

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Macroevolution in Deep Time by Rituparna Bose,Alexander J. Bartholomew Pdf

The prerequisite to investigating the underlying causes behind mass extinction is a profound understanding of the evolutionary history of both living and dead species. It is especially important to appreciate the significance of such studies in extinct organisms; especially in organisms that were abundant in a certain geologic era, but have subsequently dwindled or become extinct. Such studies should help to accurately evaluate patterns of evolution in extinct species lineages and help predict the same in its modern analogs. The book includes cutting edge research in evolutionary biology that should serve as a starting point for conservation. ​

Author : Robert Wynn Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521841993

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Applied Palaeontology by Robert Wynn Jones Pdf

Palaeontology has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. This book highlights its key role in the study of the evolving earth, life history and environmental processes. After an introduction to fossils and their classification, each of the principal fossil groups are studied in detail, covering their biology, morphology, classification, palaeobiology and biostratigraphy. The latter sections focus on the applications of fossils in the interpretation of earth and life processes and environments.

Author : F M Gradstein
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444594259

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The Geologic Time Scale 2012 by F M Gradstein Pdf

The Geologic Time Scale 2012, winner of a 2012 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Best Multi-volume Reference in Science from the Association of American Publishers, is the framework for deciphering the history of our planet Earth. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an international geologic time scale for many years, and the charts in this book present the most up-to-date, international standard, as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy and the International Union of Geological Sciences. This 2012 geologic time scale is an enhanced, improved and expanded version of the GTS2004, including chapters on planetary scales, the Cryogenian-Ediacaran periods/systems, a prehistory scale of human development, a survey of sequence stratigraphy, and an extensive compilation of stable-isotope chemostratigraphy. This book is an essential reference for all geoscientists, including researchers, students, and petroleum and mining professionals. The presentation is non-technical and illustrated with numerous colour charts, maps and photographs. The book also includes a detachable wall chart of the complete time scale for use as a handy reference in the office, laboratory or field. The most detailed international geologic time scale available that contextualizes information in one single reference for quick desktop access Gives insights in the construction, strengths, and limitations of the geological time scale that greatly enhances its function and its utility Aids understanding by combining with the mathematical and statistical methods to scaled composites of global succession of events Meets the needs of a range of users at various points in the workflow (researchers extracting linear time from rock records, students recognizing the geologic stage by their content)

Author : Felix M. Gradstein,James George Ogg,Alan Gilbert Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521786738

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A Geologic Time Scale 2004 by Felix M. Gradstein,James George Ogg,Alan Gilbert Smith Pdf

A new detailed international geologic time scale, including methodology and a wallchart.

Author : Mu Ramkumar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780124199828

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Chemostratigraphy by Mu Ramkumar Pdf

Chemostratigraphy: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications is the first collection of contributed articles that introduces young geoscientists to the discipline while providing seasoned practitioners with a standard reference that showcases the topic’s most recent research and application developments. This multi-contributed reference on one of the youngest and most dynamic branches of the geosciences includes articles from some of the world’s leading researchers. This book is a one-stop source of chemostratigraphy theory and application, helping geoscientists navigate through the wealth of new research that has emerged in recent years. Edited by one of the world’s foremost chemostratigraphy experts Features contributed articles from a broad base of topics including stratigraphic correlation, hydrocarbon exploration, reservoir characterization, and paleo-climatic interpretation Includes a range of application-based case studies addressing spatio-temporal scales for practical, field-specific concepts

Author : Diego García-Bellido Capdevila
Publisher : IGME
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
ISBN : 8478408576

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Ordovician of the World by Diego García-Bellido Capdevila Pdf

Author : Pratul Kumar Saraswati
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128242308

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Foraminiferal Micropaleontology for Understanding Earth’s History by Pratul Kumar Saraswati Pdf

Foraminiferal Micropaleontology for Understanding Earth’s History incorporates new findings on taxonomy, classification and biostratigraphy of foraminifera. Foraminifera offer the best geochemical proxies for paleoclimate and paleoenvironment interpretation. The study of foraminifera was promoted by oil exploration due to its exceptional use in subsurface stratigraphy. A rapid technological development in the past 20 years in the field of imaging microfossils and in geochemical microanalysis have added novel information about foraminifera. Foraminiferal Micropaleontology for Understanding Earth’s History builds an understanding of biology, morphology and classification of foraminifera for its varied applications. In the past two decades, a phenomenal growth has occurred in geochemical proxies in shells of foraminifera, and as a result, crucial information about past climate of the earth is achieved. Foraminifera is the most extensively used marine microfossils in deep-time reconstruction of the earth history. Its key applications are in paleoenvironment and paleoclimate interpretation, paleoceanography, and biostratigraphy to continuously improve the Geologic Time Scale. Provides an overview of the Earth history as witnessed and evidenced by foraminifera Discusses a variety of geochemical proxies used in reconstruction of environment, climate and paleobiology of foraminifera Presents a new insight into the morphology and classification of foraminifera by modern tools of x-ray microscopy, quantitative methods, and molecular research