Taphonomy: A Process Approach (Cambridge Paleobiology Series, Series Number 4) - Hardcover

Martin, Ronald E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521591716 ISBN 13: 9780521591713

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

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.

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Review

'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

Book Description

This is the first book to review the entire field of taphonomy, or the science of fossil preservation. It will be useful to anyone interested in the preservation of fossils and is aimed primarily at advanced students and professionals working in paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, climate modeling and biogeochemistry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521591716
• ISBN 13: 9780521591713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 524