Application of palaeontology [electronic resource] : techniques and case studies / Robert Wynn Jones.

Application of palaeontology [electronic resource] : techniques and case studies / Robert Wynn Jones.

9781139161404 (electronic bk.)
1139161407 (electronic bk.)
9781107005235
110700523X

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2011]

©2011

English

1 online resource (xiv, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps

9786613342461

QE711.3 .J665 2011eb

560.72

"Palaeontology, the scientific study of fossils, has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. This book provides a comprehensive and thematic treatment of applied palaeontology, covering the use of fossils in the ordering of rocks in time and in space, in biostratigraphy, palaeobiology and sequence stratigraphy. Robert Wynn Jones presents a practical workflow for applied palaeontology, including sample acquisition, preparation and analysis, and interpretation and integration. He then presents numerous case studies that demonstrate the applicability and value of the subject to areas such as petroleum, mineral and coal exploration and exploitation, engineering geology and environmental science. Specialist applications outside of the geosciences (including archaeology, forensic science, medical palynology, entomopalynology and melissopalynology) are also addressed. Abundantly illustrated and referenced, Applications of Palaeontology provides a user-friendly reference for academic researchers and professionals across a range of disciplines and industry settings"-- Provided by publisher.

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