Trace fossils as indicators of sedimentary environments [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Dirk Knaust [and] Richard G. Bromley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785916303321
• Autore: Knaust Dirk
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Elsevier Science, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-74037-0; 0-444-53814-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (955 p.)
• Collana: Developments in Sedimentology; Developments in sedimentology ; ; 64
• Altri autori (Persone): BromleyR. G (Richard Granville)
• Disciplina: 560.43
• Soggetti: Trace fossils; Sedimentology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Developments in Sedimentology Volume 64 Trace Fossils as Indicators of Sedimentary Environments; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter Reviewers:; References; Part I: History, Concepts, and Methods; Chapter 1: History, Concepts, and Methods; 1. Introduction; 2. The Ages of Ichnology; 3. From Paleolithic Times to Greco-Roman Antiquity; 4. The Age of Naturalists; 5. Seventeenth to Eighteenth Century: A Period of Transition; 6. The Age of Fucoids; 6.1. Emergence of the Paleobotanical Interpretation; 6.2. Zoophytes and other Popular Interpretations; 6.3. An Independent Ichnological Center: North America6.4. The Rise of Vertebrate Ichnology; 7. Period of Reaction; 7.1. Fucoids versus Traces; 7.2. The Period of Reaction: a Worldwide Phenomenon; 8. Development of the Modern Approach; 8.1. Decline of Ichnology; 8.2. The Senckenberg Marine Institute; 9. Modern Era; 9.1. The Ethological Revolution; 9.2. Early Modern Era: A New Impetus for the Study of Traces; 9.3. The Golden Age of North American Ichnology; 9.4. The Eastern Bloc During the Early Modern Era; 9.5. Global Ichnology; 10. Conclusions and Discussion; 10.1. Evolution of the Interpretation of Trace Fossils10.2. Modern Centers of Ichnological Research; 10.3. Modern Trends in Ichnology as a Legacy from the Past; 10.4. Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Aspects ; in Ichnology; 10.5. Ichnology as a Historical Product; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: Ichnotaxonomy: Finding Patterns in a Welter of Information; 1. Introduction; 2. Observing Trace Fossils; 3. Describing Trace Fossils; 4. Stratinomic Classifications; 4.1. Substrate Consistency; 4.2. Toponomic Classification; 5. Biological Classifications; 5.1. Phylogenetic Classification; 5.2. Ecological Classifications6. Ethological Classification; 6.1. Resting Traces (Cubichnia); 6.2. Dwelling Traces (Domichnia); 6.3. Locomotion Traces (Repichnia); 6.4. Grazing Traces (Pascichnia); 6.5. Feeding Traces (Fodinichnia); 6.6. Farming Traces (Agrichnia); 6.7. Escape Traces (Fugichnia); 6.8. Brooding Traces (Calichnia); 6.9. Other Ethological Categories; 6.10. Overlapping Functions; 7. Systematic Classification; 7.1. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; 7.2. A Brief History of Ichnotaxonomy; 7.3. The Mechanics of Naming New Ichnospecies and Ichnogenera; 7.4. Diagnosis and Description7.5. Ichnofamilies and higher Ichnotaxa; 7.6. Ichnosubspecies and other Subdivisions; 7.7. Exceptional Cases; 7.8. Beyond Systematics; 8. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3: Trace-Fossil Systematics; 1. Introduction; 2. Need of a Robust Ichnotaxonomy and Trace-Fossil Classification; 3. A Newly Proposed Nomenclature Key; 3.1. Purpose and Advantages; 3.2. Structure of the Key and Challenges; 3.3. Data Analysis; 4. Way Forward; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: The Ichnofacies Paradigm; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Rise of the Ichnofacies Concept
• Sommario/riassunto: Integration of ichnological information into sedimentological models, and vice versa, is one of the main means by which we can improve our understanding of ancient depositional environments. Mainly intended for sedimentologists, this book aims to make ichnological methods as part of facies interpretation more popular, providing an analytical review of the ichnology of all major depositional environments and the use of ichnology in biostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic analysis. It starts with an introduction to the historical aspect of ichnology, introducing common concepts an