Strata and Megafossils of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation
Author: Robert Vernon Kesling
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13:
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Devonian Events and Correlations
Author: R. T. Becker
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781862392229
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Devonian was a peculiar period, characterized by simplified plate tectonic configurations, climatic overheating and widely flooded continents. The bloom of fishes and ammonoids, extensive reef complexes, and the conquest of land indicate major biosphere innovations, punctuated by many global events, including two of the biggest mass extinctions. The Devonian was the first system for which subdivisions were formally defined. This was achieved by significant advances in pelagic biostratigraphy. The chronostratigraphic framework and interdisciplinary techniques allow us to correlate intervals or sudden events across facies boundaries, in order to reconstruct the sedimentary and evolutionary history of the system with highest precision. This volume honors the lifetime stratigraphic achievements of Michael Robert House (1930-2002). Based on case studies from Europe, North Africa and North America, it shows how the combination of biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and event stratigraphy can contribute to a much deeper understanding of both regional and global environmental change.
Fossil Behavior Compendium
Author: Arthur J. Boucot
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2010-04-12
Total Pages: 941
ISBN-13: 143985923X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this complete and thorough update of Arthur Boucot's seminal work, Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, Boucot is joined by George Poinar, who provides additional expertise and knowledge on protozoans and bacteria as applied to disease. Together, they make the Fossil Behavior Compendium wider in scope, covering all relevant ani
Ostracods of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation
Author: Robert Vernon Kesling
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 468
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDynamic Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State
Author: Carlton Elliot Brett
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn and Around the Cincinnati Arch and Niagara Escarpment
Author: Geological Society of America. North-Central Section. Meeting
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 0813700272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume, produced in conjunction with the GSA North-Central Section Meeting held in Dayton, Ohio, April 2012, has a mix of papers ranging from stratigraphy, paleontology, and hydrogeology, to geomorphology, drainage basins, and building stones. The geographic spread of the chapters focuses mainly on an area bounded by those counties adjacent to Montgomery County, but also extends beyond -- from Paulding County in the north to Georgetown, Kentucky, in the south. Topics include the Silurian stratigraphy of southwestern Ohio, drainage basins of the Mad River and Little Miami River, the relationship between geology and groundwater of the Inner Bluegrass Region, Kentucky (and its connection to the distilling and aging of bourbon), and the building stones of Dayton, as well as an introduction to the geology of the Dayton area.
Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology of Extinct Organisms
Author: Rituparna Bose
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-08-11
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 3642317219
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncreasing rate of species extinction in the present day will lead to a huge biodiversity crisis; eventually, this will lead to the paucity of non-renewable resources of energy making our Earth unsustainable in future. To save our mother planet from this crisis, studies need to be performed to discover abundant new fossil sites on Earth for continued access to oil-rich locations. Most importantly, a holistic approach is necessary in solving the present problem of biodiversity loss. This book presents newly developed quantitative models in understanding the biodiversity, evolution and ecology of extinct organisms. This will assist future earth scientists in understanding the natural and anthropogenic causes behind biodiversity crisis and ecosystem collapse. In addition, this study would be of great interest to exploration geologists and geophysicists in potentially unraveling natural resources from our sustainable Earth.
Paleontological Events
Author: Carlton Elliot Brett
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 636
ISBN-13: 9780231082501
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA recent renaissance in the field of "event" stratigraphy has promoted a much more thorough examination of the geologic record of particular fossil-bearing strata. This reference work compiles the findings of leading researchers on fossil beds, epiboles and global bioevents, mapping out a definitive temporal and regional classification of event horizons. Based primarily on research with Lower and Middle Paleozoic rocks of eastern North America, 'this volume significantly links these events to relatively short-term phenomena, including storms and climate-forcing cycles. An invaluable resource for specialists and students in the fields of paleontology, paleoecology, stratigraphy, and sedimentology, Paleontological Events helps to clarify the biological and taphonomic significance of these horizons.
Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record
Author: Patricia H. Kelley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 146150161X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Foreword: "Predator-prey interactions are among the most significant of all organism-organism interactions....It will only be by compiling and evaluating data on predator-prey relations as they are recorded in the fossil record that we can hope to tease apart their role in the tangled web of evolutionary interaction over time. This volume, compiled by a group of expert specialists on the evidence of predator-prey interactions in the fossil record, is a pioneering effort to collate the information now accumulating in this important field. It will be a standard reference on which future study of one of the central dynamics of ecology as seen in the fossil record will be built." (Richard K. Bambach, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech, Associate of the Botanical Museum, Harvard University)
Earth and Life
Author: John A. Talent
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-06-28
Total Pages: 1104
ISBN-13: 9048134285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume focuses on the broad pattern of increasing biodiversity through time, and recurrent events of minor and major ecosphere reorganization. Intense scrutiny is devoted to the pattern of physical (including isotopic), sedimentary and biotic circumstances through the time intervals during which life crises occurred. These events affected terrestrial, lacustrine and estuarine ecosystems, locally and globally, but have affected continental shelf ecosystems and even deep ocean ecosystems. The pattern of these events is the backdrop against which modelling the pattern of future environmental change needs to be evaluated.
