2nd Edition

Field Palaeontology

By Roland Goldring Copyright 1999
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

"This is the major text on the integration of field palaeontology and sedimentology, particularly valuable for both practical lab exercises and students working independently and unsupervised on field projects" Reviewer's comment Field Palaeontology provides a comprehensive, rigorous and unique approach to the analysis of fossils and sediments and offers a practical field guide which no... Read more
1. Principles and classification.
2. Field strategies.
3. Taphonomy of body fossils.
4. Fossil identification.
5. Body fossils for the palaeontologist and palaeoecologist.
6. Shell concentrations and skeletal elements as hydraulic and environmental indicators.
7. Fossils for the stratigrapher and structural geologist.
8. Trace fossils and bioturbation.

Biography

Goldring, Roland