Trace Fossils:Biology and Taphonomy (SPECIAL TOPICS IN PALAEONTOLOGY) - Hardcover

Richard Bromley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0044453035 ISBN 13: 9780044453031

Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia, 1990

Synopsis

This study of the sedimentary activity of trace-making animals is intended as a course book for advanced students rather than a general introduction to ichnology. Unlike most books on the subject which start with a geological approach, this book starts with the organisms that create the structures that become trace fossils. The text is arranged in two parts, beginning with an examination of animal-substrate relationships in a broad spectrum of different organisms and behavioural programmes. On the basis of this neoichnological approach, the second part then takes a new look at palaeoichnology and applies biological principles to trace fossils and biogenic textures as found in sedimentary rocks.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0044453035
• ISBN 13: 9780044453031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280