Ostracoda in the earth sciences
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Ostracoda in the earth sciences
Elsevier, 1988
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Description
Ostracods belong to a group of microfossils found in nearly all types of aquatic environments. These microcrustaceans, characterized by a bivalved, calcitic carapace, are used to reconstruct ancient environments. For example, they can help to provide information on palaeoclimates, palaeogeography, the formation of deep oceans, sea level changes, etc. This book endeavours to bring about a greater understanding of their usefulness in many aspects of geological sciences, and provides suggestions for future research. It is principally intended for the non-specialist, and shows many applications of ostracods to help solve geological problems and phenomena. Topics reviewed assume no prior knowledge of palaeontology, and thus terminology is kept simple. There is an exhaustive index, and an appendix supplying additional references on significant sources of information on ostracods. This book aims to deliver information on ostracods to those people not usually interested in the literature of palaeontology and also to awaken an interest in the Ostracoda by referring to more specialized articles published elsewhere.
Table of Contents
Illustration of ostracods. Ostracods and palaeoceanography (R.H. Benson). The importance of ostracods in biostratigraphic analysis (J.-P. Colin, F. Lethiers). Chronoecology, a non-taxonomic application of ostracods (D. van Harten). Palaeobathymetry on the continental shelf based on examples using ostracods from the Gulf of Alaska (E.M. Brouwers). Ostracods and sea-level changes: case studies form the Quaternary of North and South Carolina, U.S. Atlantic coast (T.M. Cronin). Determining Late Neogene and Quaternary palaeoclimates and palaeotemperature regimes using ostracods (J.E. Hazel). Ostracoda and palaeogeography (R.C. Whatley). Ostracods and palaeosalinity reconstruction (J.W. Neale). Ostracods and the transition between fresh and saline waters (P. Carbonel). The use of ostracods to reconstruct continental palaeoenvironmental records (P. De Deckker, R.M. Forester). Stable isotopes from lacustrine Ostracoda as tracers for continental palaeoenvironments (G.S.Lister). Amino acid racemization in fossil non-marine ostracod shells: a potential tool for the study of Quaternary stratigraphy, chronology, and palaeotemperature (W.D. McCoy). Sediment transport detected from the analysis of ostracod population structure: an example from the Alaskan continental shelf (E.M. Brouwers). Population structure of ostracods: Some general principles from the recognition of palaeoenvironments (R.C. Whatley). Applications of ostracods in quantitative geology (R.C. Reyment). Appendix. Genus and species index. Subject and locality index.
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