High-resolution approaches in stratigraphic paleontology /
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003. |
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| Description: | xv, 474 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Topics in geobiology ; v. 21 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5036139 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. The Limits of Paleontological Resolution
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. Depositional Resolution of Paleontological Records
- 3.. Diastems and Stratigraphic Resolution
- 4.. Paleontological Resolution
- 5.. Conclusions
- Chapter 2. Best-Fit Intervals and Consensus Sequences: Comparison of the Resolving Power of Traditional Biostratigraphy and Computer-Assisted Correlation
- 1.. The Biostratigraphic Sequencing Problem
- 2.. Traditional Biostratigraphic Interval Zones
- 3.. Computer-Assisted Correlation
- 4.. Best-Fit Intervals
- 5.. Case Studies
- 6.. Conclusions
- Chapter 3. Combining Stratigraphic Sections and Museum Collections to Increase Biostratigraphic Resolution: Comparison of the Resolving Power of Traditional Biostratigraphy and Computer-Assisted Correlation
- 1.. Questions of Precision and Thoroughness
- 2.. The Crucial Contents of Range Charts
- 3.. The Documentation Available for Museum Collections
- 4.. Combining Information
- 5.. Conclusions
- 6.. Postscript
- Chapter 4. Zoophycos, Systematic Stratigraphic Leaking, and Lamella Stratigraphy: Do Some Spreiten Contain a Unique Record of High-Frequency Depositional Dynamics?
- 1.. Ichnology's Role in Stratigraphy
- 2.. Bioturbation and Loss of Stratigraphic Resolution
- 3.. Zoophycos and Systematic Stratigraphic Leaking
- 4.. Demopolis Chalk - Potential Case Study
- 5.. Potential Application in Cyclostratigraphy
- 6.. Summary
- Chapter 5. Variation in Adult Size of Scaphitid Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale and Fox Hills Formation
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. Geographic and Stratigraphic Setting
- 3.. Distribution of Hoploscaphites nicolletii in the Trail City Member
- 4.. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction
- 5.. Description of Hoploscaphites nicolletii
- 6.. Material
- 7.. Methodology
- 8.. Variation in Adult Size of Hoploscaphites nicolletii Macroconchs
- 9.. Variation in Adult Size of Hoploscaphites nicolletii Microconchs
- 10.. Discussion
- 11.. Conclusions
- Chapter 6. Controls on Shell Shape in Acanthoceratid Ammonites from the Cenomanian-Turonian Western Interior Seaway
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. Methodology
- 3.. Results
- 4.. Discussion
- 5.. Conclusions
- Chapter 7. A Reappraisal of the Relationship between Sea Level and Species Richness
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. Approach
- 3.. Trends in Species Richniess
- 4.. Results
- 5.. Discussion
- 6.. Conclusions
- Chapter 8. Diversity Patterns of Nonmarine Cretaceous Vertebrates of the Western Interior Basin
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. Basis for Taxonomic Occurrences
- 3.. Results of Taxonomic Diversity-Sea- Level Plots
- 4.. Interpretation of Diversity-Eustasy Plots
- 5.. Comparisons to Paleotemperature Curves
- 6.. Comparisons to Angiosperm Diversity Patterns
- 7.. Conclusions
- Chapter 9. Use of Event Beds and Sedimentary Cycles in High-Resolution Stratigraphic Correlation of Lithologically Repetitive Successions: The Upper Ordovician Kope Formation of Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. Regional Geologic Setting
- 3.. Stratigraphy
- 4.. Event-Stratigraphic Markers
- 5.. Cycle Stratigraphy
- 6.. Example of Detailed Correlation: Fulton Submember of the Kope Formation
- 7.. Regional High-Resolution Correlation Of The Kope Formation
- 8.. Summary
- Chapter 10. Late Devonian Sequence and Event Stratigraphy Across the Frasnian-Famennian (F-F) Boundary, Utah and Nevada
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. F-F Boundary Facies and Sea Level
- 3.. Late Devonian Paleogeography
- 4.. Stratigraphic Sections
- 5.. Interpretation of F-F Boundary Stratigraphy
- 6.. Interpretation of Sequence Stratigraphy
- 7.. Interpretation of Event Stratigraphy
- 8.. Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 11. Vertebrate Biostratigra phy of the Smoky Hill Chalk (Niobrara Formation) and the Sharon Springs Member (Pierre Shale)
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. History of Collecting Fossil Vertebrates
- 3.. Vertebrate Biostratigraphy of the Smoky Hill Chalk and Sharon Springs Member
- 4.. Discussion
- 5.. Conclusions
- Chapter 11. Limestone Concretions as Near-Isochronous Surfaces: A Cretaceous Example from the Western Interior of North America
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. A Regional View of Limestone Concretions
- 3.. Formation of Limestone Concretions
- 4.. Paleoecology of Limestone Concretions
- 5.. Paleocommunities Recorded in Concretions
- 6.. Summary
- Chapter 12. Contents of the Compact Disc: CONOP9 Programs for Solving the Stratigraphic Correlation and Seriation Problems as Constrained Optimization
- 1.. Installation
- 2.. Files and Folders
- 3.. Disclaimer
- Index
