The Jurassic of the Circum-Pacific

Not only is this the first comprehensive synthesis of Jurassic geology and palaeontology, but it is in fact the only one of its kind for any geological system.

Gerd E. G. Westermann (Edited by)

9780521019927, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 September 2005

692 pages, 277 b/w illus.
29.9 x 21 x 3.6 cm, 1.64 kg

"...as thrilling as any detective story...of great help for those who are seeking a research topic or topics..." Paleontological Notes

In this work, 60 specialists come together to discuss the regional occurrences of Jurassic rocks. The tectonic setting, stratigraphical sequences, and fossil assemblages of Jurassic rocks are covered in detail; regional biozones based on palynonorphs, protistans, plants and invertebrates are defined, and super-regional standard zones based on ammonites are established. Numerous tables are used to document and illustrate intra- and inter-continental circum-Pacific correlations, and a large atlas illustrates more than 1,000 circum-Pacific index and guide fossils. Resulting from International Geological Correlation Programme Project 171, not only is this the first comprehensive synthesis of Jurassic geology and palaeontology, but it is in fact the only one of its kind for any geological system. This book will prove indispensable to academic geologists, palaeontologists and stratigraphers interested in the Jurassic period.

Introduction
Part I. Time Scales: 1. Numerical time scale in 1989
2. Magnetic polarity time scale
Part II. Circum-Pacific Base Map: 3. Reconstruction of the circum-Pacific region
Part III. Regional Geology and Stratigraphy: 4. Western Canada and United States
5. Meso-America
6. Western South America
7. Australasia
8. Indonesia
9. Southeast Asia and Japan
10. Eastern China
11. Eastern Soviet Union
Part IV. Chronostratigraphy, Index and Guide Fossils: 12. Ammonite zones of the circum-Pacific region
13. Palynomorphs in the circum-Pacific region
14. Radiolarian biozones of North America and Japan
15. Ostracods of western Canada
16. Bivalve zones and assemblages of the circum-Pacific region
17. Belemnites of the Southwest Pacific
Part V. Biogeography: 18. Macroflora of eastern Asia and other circum-Pacific regions
19. Ostracods and foraminifers of western interior North America
20. Ostracods of China
21. Corals of the circum-Pacific region
22. Brachiopods of the western Pacific
23. Belemnites of the circum-Pacific region
24. Ammonites of the circum-Pacific region
25. Fish of the circum-Pacific region
26. Marine reptiles of the circum-Pacific region
27. Climate and oceanography of the Pacific region
Part VI. Atlas of Index and Guide Fossils.

Subject Areas: Historical geology [RBGF]