{"product_id":"taphonomy-a-process-approach-paperback-9780521598330","title":"Taphonomy; A Process Approach (Paperback) 9780521598330","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTaphonomy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Process Approach\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first book to review the entire field of taphonomy for advanced students and professionals.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonald E. Martin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521598330, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 October 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e526 pages, 94 b\/w illus.  33 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 2.7 cm, 0.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Taphonomy: A Process Approach is a good measure of how far taphonomy and paleontology have come in the past decades … This synthesis is enormously valuable … makes excellent use of the research literature. Karl W. Flessa, Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTaphonomy: A Process Approach is the first book to review the entire field of taphonomy, or the science of fossil preservation. It describes the formation of animal and plant fossils in marine and  terrestrial settings and how this affects deciphering the ecology and extinction of past lifeforms and the environments in which they lived. The volume emphasises a process approach to taphonomy and reviews the taphonomic behaviour of all important taxa, plant and animal. It will be useful to anyone interested in the preservation of fossils and the formation of fossil assemblages, but it is aimed primarily at advanced students and professionals working in paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, climate modeling and biogeochemistry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the science of taphonomy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Biostratinomy I: necrolysis, transport and abrasion\u003cbr\u003e 3. Biostratinomy II: dissolution and diagenesis\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bioturbation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Time-averaging of fossil assemblages: taphonomy and temporal resolution\u003cbr\u003e 6. Exceptional preservation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sedimentation and stratigraphy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Megabiases I: cycles of preservation and biomineralization\u003cbr\u003e 9. Megabiases II: secular trends in preservation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Applied taphonomy\u003cbr\u003e 11. Taphonomy as an historical science\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Environmental science, engineering \u0026amp; technology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Environmental science, engineering \u0026amp; technology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Environmental%20science,%20engineering%20\u0026amp;%20technology%20%5BTQ%5D%22\"\u003eTQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005637415192,"sku":"9780521598330","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521598330i_004411b3-38bb-4c44-872c-0ca0b10e3b37.jpg?v=1691370210","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/taphonomy-a-process-approach-paperback-9780521598330","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}