Petuch, E. J. & Drolshagen, M.
Molluscan Paleontology of the Chesapeake Miocene
CRC Press 2009.8
168 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-4398-1159-8
13,600円
Contents
1. Introduction: Fossil Shell Collecting in the Maryland and Virginia Miocene/ 2. Miocene Seas of the Chesapeake Bay Area/ 3. Geologic Framework of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene/ 4. Ecphoras of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene/ 5. Molluscan Fossils of the Calvert Formation/ 6. Molluscan Fossils of the Choptank Formation/ 7. Molluscan Fossils of the St. Mary's Formation/ 8. Molluscan Fossils of the Eastover Formation/ 9. Systematic Appendix: Descriptions of New Species and Genera/ References/ Index/
* The Chesapeake Miocene will always be considered a paleontological treasure. Given the richness and accessibility of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene shell beds, it seems remarkable that very few people have ever described new species from these strata over the past 185 years. Until now. Integrating elements from paleontology, geology, environmental science, and ecology, Molluscan Paleontology of the Chesapeake Miocene assembles previous research and the authorsexperience into a synoptic field guide. *
Murray, J. M.
Ecology and Applications of Benthic Foraminifera
Cambridge University Press 2008.7
440 pp.(P) *Now in paper edition
ISBN 0-521-07009-0
9,800円
Contents
1. Introduction/ 2. Methods/ 3. Aspects of Biology and Basic Ecology/ 4. Marginal Marine Environments/ 5. Shelf Seas/ 6. Carbonate Environments/ 7. Deep Sea/ 8. Summary of Living Distributions/ 9. Taphonomic Processes: Formation of Dead and Fossil Assemblages/ 10. Applications/ Index/
* In this volume John Murray investigates the ecological processes that control the distribution, abundance and species diversity of benthic foraminifera in environments ranging from marsh to the deepest ocean. *
Montaggioni, L. & Braithwaite, C.
Quaternary Coral Reef Systems
History, development processes and controlling factors
Elsevier 2009.9
550 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-444-53247-1
16,800円
Contents
1.Introduction: Quaternary Coral Reefs in Time and Space/ 2.Paleobiogeography: Evaluation of the Inheritance From the Tertiary/ 3.Structure, Zonation abd Dynamic Patterns of Coral Reef Communities/ 4.Controls on the Development, Distributin and Preservation of Reefs/ 5.Patterns of Carbonate Production and Deposition on Reefs/ 6.Reef Anatomy and Stratigraphy/ 7.Reef Hydrogeology/ 8.Reef Diagenesis/ 9.Corals and Coral Reefs as Records of Climatic Change/ 10.Conclusions: Coral Reefs from the Past to Future/ Index/
* This book presents both state-of-the art knowledge from Recent coral reefs (1.8 million to a few centuries old) gained since the eighties, and introduces geologists, oceanographers and environmentalists to sedimentological and paleoecological studies of an ecosystem encompassing some of the world's richest biodiversity.
* Scleractinian reefs first appeared about 300 million years ago. Today coral reef systems provide some of the most sensitive gauges of environmental change, expressing the complex interplay of chemical, physical, geological and biological factors. *
Demchuk, T. & Gary , A. ed.
Geological Problem Solving with Microfossils
A Volume in Honor of Garry D. Jones
SEPM 2009.
342 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-56576-137-5
23,600円
Contents
Part A: Techniques: 1. Application of Fuzzy C-means clustering to paleoenvironmental analysis: example from the Jurassic, Central North Sea, U.K/ 2. High pressure, high temperature wells on the Halten Terrace, offshore Norway: the role of micropaleontology in planning and drilling wells on the Kristin Field/ 3. Biostratigraphy - breaking paradigms: dating the Mirador Formation in the Llanos Basin of Colombia/ 4. Assemblage-based biozonations: a key tool in the detection of reworked calcareous nannofossils/ 5. Calculating calareous nannofossil absolute abundances and uncertainties for paleoceanographic studies/ 6. Test shape variability of Amphistegina d'Orbigney, 1826 as a paleobathymetric proxy: application to two Miocene examples/ 7. Recent benthic foraminifera as indicators of seagrass-bed characteristics, San Salvador, Bahamas: the addition of taphonomy/ Part B: Paleoenvironments and Paleogeography : 8. Paleontology, a tool to resolve late Paleozoic structural and depositional histories/ 9. Micropaleontology and paleoenvironments of Saudi Arabian Upper Permian carbonates and reservoirs/ 10. Using Jurassic micropaleontology to determine Saudi Arabian carbonate paleoenvironments/ 11. Diversity patterns in mid-Cretaceous benthic foraminifers and dasycladalean algae of the southern part of Mesozoic Adriatic platform, Croatia/ 12. Microspheroid accumulations and geochemical characteristics of a Cenomanian-Turonian anoxic basin: the record of the Indidura Formation, NE Mexico/ 13. Biogeographic provinces and patterns of diversity in selected Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Maastrichtian) larger foraminifera/ 14. Evolutionary lineages of benthic foraminifera in the Chalk Seas of NW Europe and their application to problem solving/ Part C: Chronostratigraphy : 15. Using fusulinids to evaluate the periodicity of cycles in a sequence stratigraphic section of Pennsylvanian/Permian strata and to suggest possible support for low frequency Milankovitch peturbations; Casper Formation, southeastern Wyoming, U.S.A/ 16. The use of planktonic microfossils to resolve chronostratigraphic, tectonic and paleogeographic uncertainties in the lower Cretaceous of eastern Sonora, NW Mexico/ 17. Nannofossil biostratigraphy of Eocene strata in the Talara Basin, Peru/ 18. Late Eocene and early Oligocene benthic foraminiferal paleoecology and sequence stratigraphy in the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain/ 19. The contribution of calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy in solving geological problems: the example of the Oligocene-Miocene foredeep of the Northern Apennines (Italy)/ 20. Linked micropaleontology and lithology of Cenozoic deep water sediments: application of multiple overlapping foraminiferal lithobiofacies to cuttings based analysis of reservoir properties/ 21. Application of a statistically derived, integrated biozonation to a deepwater Miocene Gulf of Mexico field/ Index/ *
Benton, M. J. & Harper, D. A. T.
Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record
Blackwell Pub. 2009.2
608 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-4051-4157-3
9,400円
Contents
1. Paleontology as a science/ 2. Fossils in time and space/ 3. Taphonomy and the quality of the fossil record/ 4. Paleoecology and paleoclimates/ 5. Macroevolution and the tree of life/ 6. Fossil form and function/ 7. Mass extinctions and biodiversity loss/ 8. The origin of life/ 9. Protists/ 10. Origin of the metazoans/ 11. The basal metazoans: sponges and corals/ 12. Spiralians 1: lophophorates/ 13. Spiralians 2: mollusks/ 14. Ecdysozoa: arthropods/ 15. Deuterostomes: echinoderms and hemichordates/ 16. Fishes and basal tetrapods/ 17. Dinosaurs and mammals/ 18. Fossil plants/ 19. Trace fossils/ 20. Diversification of life/ Appendix 1: Stratigraphic chart/ Appendix 2: Paleogeographic maps/ Index/
* All the well-known fossil groups are included, including microfossils and invertebrates, but an important feature is the thorough coverage of plants, vertebrates and trace fossils together with discussion of the origins of both life and the metazoans. All key related subjects are introduced, such as systematics, ecology, evolution and development, stratigraphy and their roles in understanding where life came from and how it evolved and diversified. *
Flugel, E.
Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks 2nd ed.
Analysis, Interpretation and Application
Springer-Verlag 2009.10
984 pp.(H) + CD-ROM
ISBN 3-642-03795-X
21,200円
Contents
1.New Perspectives in Microfacies/ 2.Carbonate Depositional Environments/ 3.Microfacies Analysis/ 4.Methods/ 5.Microfacies Data: Matrix and Grains/ 6.Microfacies Data: Fabrics/ 7.Quantitative Microfacies Analysis/ 8.Diagenesis, Porosity, and Dolomitization/ 9.Classification - A Name for Your Sample/ 10.Limestones are Biological Sediments/ 11.Fossils in Thin Section: It is Not That Difficult/ 12.Microfacies Interpretation/ 13.Summarizing Microfacies Criteria: Microfacies Types/ 14.Recognizing Paleoenvironmental Conditions/ 15.Integrated Facies Analysis/ 16.Depositional Models, Facies Zones and Standard Microfacies/ 17.Basin Analysis: Recognizing Depositional Settings/ 18.Realizing Depositional Constraints and Processes/ 19.Practical Use of Microfacies/ 20.Reservoir Rocks and Host Rocks/ 21.Carbonate Rock Resources, Facies, Weathering, Preservation/ 22.Microfacies and Archaeology/ Index/
* The book brings together the methods used in microfacies analysis and details the potential of microfacies in evaluating depositional environments and diagenetic history, and, in particular, applying microfacies data in the study of carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs and the provenance of archaeological materials. *
Pechenik, J. A.
Biology of the Invertebrates 6th ed.
McGraw-Hill 2009.1
624 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-07-302826-6
19,200円
Contents
1.Environmental Considerations/ 2.Invertebrate Classification and Relationships/ 3.The Protozoan Protists/ 4.The Poriferans and Placozoans/ 5.Introduction to the Hydrostatic Skeleton/ 6.The Cnidarians/ 7.The Ctenophores/ 8.The Platyhelminthes/ 9.The Gnathifera: Rotifers, Acanthocephalans, and two smaller groups/ 10.The Rotifers and Acanthocephalans/ 11.The Nemertines/ 12.The Molluscs/ 13.The Annelids/ 14.The Arthropods/ 15.Two Phyla of Likely Arthropod Relatives: Tardigrada and Onychophora/ 16.The Nematodes/ 17.Four Phyla of Likely Nematode Relatives: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, and Loricifera/ 18.Three Phyla of Uncertain Affiliation: Gastrotricha, Chaetognatha, and Cyliophora/ 19.The Lophophorates (Phoronids, Brachiopods, Bryozoans) and Entoprocts/ 20.The Echinoderms/ 21.The Hemichordates/ 22.The Xenoturbellids/ 23.The Nonvertebrate Chordates/24.Invertebrate Reproduction and Development--An Overview/ Index/
* This textbook is the most concise and readable invertebrates book in terms of detail and pedagogy (other texts do not offer boxed readings, a second color, end of chapter questions, or pronunciation guides). All phyla of invertebrates are covered (comprehensive) with an emphasis on unifying characteristics of each group. *
Alonso-Zarza, A. M. et al.
Carbonates in Continental Setting
Development in Sedimentology Vol.62
Elsevier 2009.11
336 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-444-53526-8
19,900円
Contents
1. The geochemistry of continental carbonates/ 2. Diagenesis of carbonates in continental settings/ 3. Silicification of continental Carbonates/ 4. Continental carbonates as indicators of paleoclimate/ 5. Continental sequence stratigraphy and continental carbonates/ 6. Economic aspects of continental carbonates and carbonates transformed under continental conditions/ 7. Continental carbonates - preservation of natural and historic heritage sites/ Index/
* This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. The overall organization of the book first emphasizes the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits in greatly varied settings, and then considers applications for basin analysis, as well as economic and historical aspects. *
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