Ostracoda in the Earth SciencesPatrick De Deckker, Jean-Paul Colin, Jean-Pierre Peypouquet 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. |
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R H BENSON | 1 |
J P COLIN F LETHIERS | 29 |
Chronoecology a nontaxonomic application of ostracods | 47 |
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A:J ratio abundance adult alle/Ile amino acids analysis Applications of Ostracoda aquatic Atlantic Basin Bathonian BENSON benthic biofacies biostratigraphy brackish Bulletin Centre Recherches calcite Candona carapace carbonate Carbonel changes Chowan River climatic continental shelf core correlations Cretaceous Cronin Deckker deep deep-sea ostracods deposits distribution Echinocythereis ecology eigenshapes environmental environments epilimnion euryhaline eustatic example facies Figure freshwater genera genus Geological Society Géologique glacial Gulf of Alaska Hazel Holocene Houston indicate inner sublittoral isotope Jurassic juveniles lacustrine lakes Late Limnocythere Loxoconcha marginal marine marine ostracods Mediterranean Messinian Messinian Salinity Crisis Miocene North occur ocean ornamentation ostracod ostracod assemblages ostracod faunas ostracod shells ostracod species oxygen Palaeoecology palaeoenvironmental palaeogeography palaeosalinity parameters PEYPOUQUET Pleistocene Pliocene polymorphism population precipitation psychrospheric Quaternary racemization range reconstruct record region Reyment salinity samples sea level sediments shallow silt species diversity specimens stratigraphic taxa tectonic U.S. Geological Survey upper valves variability water depth Wehmiller Whatley zone