Applied Stratigraphy [Paperback]

Stratigraphy has come to be indispensable to nearly all branches of the earth sciences, assisting such endeavors as charting the course of evolution, understanding ancient ecosystems, and furnishing data pivotal to finding strategic mineral resources. This book focuses on traditional and innovative stratigraphy techniques and how these can be used to reconstruct the geological history of sedimentary basins and in solving manifold geological problems and phenomena.

Few, if any, fundamental disciplines in the earth sciences have seen so many dramatic changes and developments as stratigraphy. The discipline has come to be applied progressively, and indispensably, to nearly all branches of the earth sciences, including such endeavors as charting the course and complexities of life evolution through time, understanding how ancient ecosystems developed and operated, and furnishing data pivotal to exploration and exploitation of strategic mineral resources.

This book aims to incorporate major aspects and essential elements underpinning the modern applications and perspectives of stratigraphy. It focuses on traditional and innovative techniques and how these can be utilized in reconstructing the geological history of sedimentary basins and in solving manifold geological problems and phenomena. Each chapter summarizes contributions by leading researchers in the field. It is hoped that this book will provide the reader with key insights into all these aspects and applications.

Part I: Evolution of a Concept. 1 Stratigraphy: Evolution of a Concept ; Eduardo A.M. Koutsoukos Part II: The Search for Patterns: Ordering the Framework. 2 Buried Time: Chronostratigraphy as a Research Tool; Marie Pierre Aubry and John Van Couvering 3 Ecostratigraphys Basis, using Silurian and Devonian examples, with consideration of the Biogeographic Complication; Arthur J. Boucot 4 Devonian Palynostratigraphy in Western Gondwana; Stanislas l£,