Micropaleontologic proxies for sea-level change and stratigraphic discontinuities
Olson, H.C.; Leckie, R.M. (Ed.) (2003). Micropaleontologic proxies for sea-level change and stratigraphic discontinuities. SEPM Special Publication, 75. SEPM: Tulsa. ISBN 1-56576-084-0. 383 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.2110/pec.03.75
Part of: SEPM Special Publication. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM): USA. ISSN 1060-071X, more
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- Olson, H.C., editor
- Leckie, R.M., editor
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- Ross, C.A.; Ross, J.R.P. (2003). Sequence evolution and sequence extinction: Fusulinid biostratigraphy and species-level recognition of depositional sequences, Lower Permian, Glass Mountains, West Texas, USA, in: Olson, H.C. et al. Micropaleontologic proxies for sea-level change and stratigraphic discontinuitie. SEPM Special Publication, 75: pp. 317-359. https://dx.doi.org/10.2110/pec.03.75.0317, more
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| Abstract |
Micropaleontology and biostratigraphy play vital roles for deciphering the stratigraphic record produced by changes in relative sea level, interpreting the history of global sea-level change, and testing models for the causes of sea-level fluctuations due to the variable influences of tectonics, glacio-eustasy, and climate. The stratigraphic architecture developed in response to changing eustasy, accommodation space, and sediment supply along continental margins, in epicontinental seas, and on carbonate platforms can be interpreted using the tools of marine micropaleontology. Microfossils provide chronostratigraphic control and a wealth of paleoenvironmental information about depositional environments as well as post-depositional changes to those environments. This volume demonstrates clearly that micropaleontologic proxies of environmental change provide a powerful dimension to the interpretive potential of stratigraphic sequences produced by changes in relative sea level and eustasy. Studies in the volume range from paralic to bathyal environments, span Pennsylvanian through Holocene stratigraphy, encompass a variety of microfossil groups and include a wide spectrum of techniques and paleoenvironmental proxies. The volume has been designed for graduate students and professionals interested in a wide range of subjects |
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