Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies

• Autore: Samant Bandana
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 pages)
• Disciplina: 561.13
• Altri autori: ThakreDeepali
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Precambrian Microfossils: Indicators of Early Life and Environments on the Earth -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Indian Archeozoic Microfossils -- 3 Indian Proterozoic Microfossils -- 4 Summary -- References -- Significance of Palynology in Understanding Age, Palaeoclimate and Correlation of Indian Gondwana Sediments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geological Setting -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Biostratigraphic Age Assessment of Indian Gondwana Sequences Using Palynomorphs -- 4.1 Talchir Formation (Early Permian, Asselian-Sakmarian) -- 4.2 Karharbari Formation (Middle Early Permian, Sakmarian-Artinskian) -- 4.3 Barakar Formation (Late Early Permian, Artinskian-Kungurian) -- 4.4 Barren Measures Formation (Middle Permian, Guadalupian) -- 4.5 Raniganj Formation (Late Permian-Lopingian) -- 4.6 Panchet Formation (Early Triassic, Induan-Olenekian) -- 4.7 Supra Panchet (Mahadeva/Parsora) Formation (Late Triassic/Jurassic, Carnian-Norian/Toarcian-Bajocian) -- 4.8 Jabalpur Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian-Barremian) -- 5 Palynomorphology and Their Palaeoclimatic Implications from the Indian Gondwana Sequences -- 5.1 Evaluation of Morphographic Characters -- 5.2 Changing Composition of Morphographic Characters -- 6 Palaeoclimate and Palynofloral Structuring of Gondwanaland -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Reappraisal of Permian and Early Triassic Palynoflora and Palynostratigraphy of Son-Mahanadi Basin and Their Climatic Implications -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geology of the Son-Mahanadi Basin -- 3 Palynofloristics and Palaeoenvironment During the Deposition of Different Formations in Son-Mahanadi Basin -- 3.1 Palynofloristics and Vegetation of Talchir Formation (late Carboniferous to Early Permian). ; 3.2 Palynofloristics and Vegetation of Karharbari Formation (Early Permian, Sakamarian-Artinskian) -- 3.3 Palynofloristics and Vegetation of Barakar Formation (late Early Permian = Artinskian-Kungurian) -- 3.4 Palynofloristics and Vegetation of Barren Measures (middle Permian = Guadalupian) -- 3.5 Palynofloristics and Vegetation of Raniganj/Lower Kamthi Formations (Late Permian, Lopingian) -- 3.6 Palynofloristics of Panchet Formation and Equivalent Sequences of Triassic Period -- 4 Palaeoclimate -- 4.1 Palaeoclimate During the Deposition of Talchir Formation -- 4.2 Palaeoclimate During the Deposition of Karharbari Formation -- 4.3 Palaeoclimate During the Deposition of Barakar Formation -- 4.4 Palaeoclimate During the Deposition of Barren Measures -- 4.5 Palaeoclimate During the Deposition of Raniganj/Kamthi Formation -- 4.6 Palaeoclimate During the Deposition of Panchet Formation -- 5 Botanical Affinities -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- An Overview of Upper Gondwana Rajmahal Flora and Its Significance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geological Setting -- 3 Age of Rajmahal Formation -- 4 Flora of Rajmahal Basin -- 5 Palaeofloral Zonation of Rajmahal Basin -- 6 Patterns of Floral Change in Rajmahal Basin Through Time -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Palynology of Upper Cretaceous-Early Paleocene Deccan Volcanic Associated Sediments: Implication in Understanding Age, Climate and Depositional Environments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mega and Microflora from Deccan Volcanic Associated Sediments -- 2.1 Flora from the Lameta Sediments -- 2.2 Flora from the Intertrappean Sediments -- 3 Palynoflora and Age of the Intertrappean Sediments -- 4 Response of Flora to Changing Deposition Environments and Climate -- 5 Deccan Volcanic Associated Sediments and Evolution of Angiosperm Families -- 6 Conclusions -- References. ; Paleogene Indian Plate Dynamics and Palaeoclimate: A Review from Palynological Perspective -- 1 Indian Plate Dynamics During Paleogene -- 2 Palaeoclimate During Paleogene -- 3 Paleogene Palynology and Its Application -- 4 Indian Paleogene Deposits from Palynological Perspective -- 5 Evolution of Palaeogene Palynoflora in India -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Palynological Perspective on Understanding Climate Change in India Over the Pre-industrial Common Era (CE -- Past Ca. 2000 Years): a Comprehensive Review and a Critical Evaluation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Palaeoclimatic Studies Over the Past 2 Millennia: Regional and Global Contextualization -- 2.1 Roman Warm Period (RWP) -- 2.2 Dark Ages Cold Period (DACP) -- 2.3 Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) -- 2.4 Little Ice Age (LIA) -- 2.5 Current Warm Period (CWP) -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Palynology: A Tool to Decipher the Impact of Anthropogenic Activity on Palaeo-Vegetation-A Review Based on Fossil Pollen Records from India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Distribution of Pollen Records Across India: Anthropogenic Indicator Pollen -- Human Impact on Vegetation -- Spatio-Temporal Disparities in Fossil Pollen Records -- 2.1 Northeast India -- 2.2 Eastern India -- 2.3 Central India -- 2.4 Western India -- 3 Indian Coastal Records -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Initiation of Human Impact -- Common Periods in the Pollen Records -- 4.2 Tendencies in the Anthropogenic Pollen Preservation: The Indian Scenario -- 4.3 The Implications and Future Needs -- References -- Modern Pollen Assemblage and Micro-morphometric Analysis of Arboreal and Non-arboreal Taxa from Lucknow District of Central Ganga Plain, India: A Window to Palaeoclimatic Studies -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Geology and Geography -- 1.2 Soil and Climate -- 1.3 Vegetation -- 2 Material and Methods. ; 2.1 Extraction of the Pollen/Spores from the Living Polliniferous Samples for the Pollen Morphological Studies -- 2.2 Extraction of the Pollen/Spores from the Surface Soil Samples for the Modern Pollen-Vegetation Relationship -- 3 Pollen Morphology -- 3.1 Results of Pollen Morphometry of Selected Plant Taxa -- 4 Results of Modern Pollen Rain -- 4.1 General Account of Pollen/Vegetation Relationship -- 4.2 Pollen Spectra (Forest Edge: Fig. 2) -- 4.3 Pollen Spectra (Open Land: Fig. 2) -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- 5.1 Overall Modern Pollen Deposition and Its Relationship with Extant Vegetation -- 5.2 Pollen Rain Along the Forest Edge -- 5.3 Pollen Rain Across the Open Land -- References -- Decoding Ancient Vegetation and Environment Using Potsherd Palynology: A Case Study from an Archaeological Site of Deltaic West Bengal, India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Sampling Site -- 2.2 Extraction of Microbotanical Remains -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Palynomorph and Non-pollen Palynomorph Analyses -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Microbotanical Remains from Tilpi Interpreting the Palaeovegetation and Palaeoclimate -- 4.2 Possible Age of the Pre-historic Settlement of Tilpi -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Hydrocarbon Biomarkers in Elucidating Source Organic Matter and Palaeodepositional Environment: A Case Study from Cambay Basin, India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Geology -- 3 Samples and Methodology -- 3.1 Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) -- 3.2 Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (GC × GC-TOFMS) -- 4 Results -- 4.1 n-alkanes and Acyclic Isoprenoids -- 4.2 Saturated Hydrocarbon Biomarkers -- 4.3 Steranes -- 4.4 Unusual Saturated Hydrocarbon Biomarkers -- 4.5 Aromatic Hydrocarbons -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Source Organic Matter -- 5.2 Depositional Environment -- 6 Conclusions -- References. ; Application of Palynology in Petroleum and Coal Exploration -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Application of Palynology in Hydrocarbon Exploration -- 3 Formation of Petroleum -- 4 Types of Kerogen -- 5 Thermal Maturation and Palynology -- 6 Palynofacies -- 7 Application of Palynofacies in Paleoenvironmental Studies -- 8 Application of Palynology in Coal Exploration -- 9 Formation of Coal -- 9.1 Biochemical Stage -- 9.2 Geochemical Stage -- 10 Coal Macerals -- 10.1 Vitrinite -- 10.2 Exinite -- 10.3 Inertinite -- 11 Palaeoclimate of Gondwana Sediments Using Palynology -- 12 Age and Coal Seam Demarcation Using Palynology -- 13 Coal Bed Methane (CBM) and Palynology -- 14 Summary -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Applications of Palynology in Stratigraphy and Climate Studies
• ISBN: 3-031-51877-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910855369003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Society of Earth Scientists Series