Trace Fossils: Biology, Taphonomy and Applications

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Author(s): Richard G. Bromley (auth.)
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1996

Language: English
Pages: 375


Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Animal-sediment relationships....Pages 3-20
Sediment stirrers....Pages 21-26
The work of worms (mostly)....Pages 27-65
Some celebrated burrowers....Pages 66-108
The synecology of bioturbation....Pages 109-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-142
The fossilization barrier....Pages 143-154
Some ichnological principles....Pages 155-161
Ichnotaxonomy and classification....Pages 162-187
Stratinomy, toponomy and ethology of trace fossils....Pages 188-207
Trace fossil assemblages, diversity and facies....Pages 208-253
Ichnofabric and trace fossils in core....Pages 254-274
Solving problems with trace fossils....Pages 275-297
Conclusion....Pages 298-299
Back Matter....Pages 300-361