Trace fossil analysis

Adolf Seilacher9783540472254, 3540472258

Trace fossils record the behavior of animals at the very spot where they lived millions of years ago. Their growing interest derives from the intimate connection between ichnology and sedimentology and their combined relevance for paleoenvironmental reconstructions, basin analysis, and petroleum exploration.

This definitive textbook by a renowned field observer and analyst of trace fossils concentrates on the most distinctive examples, mostly made by infaunal invertebrates in originally soft sediments. It covers the whole geologic column and ranges from deep-sea to shallow-marine and continental environments. Seilacher’s Trace Fossil Analysis is designed to foster interpretative skills using the author’s own iconic drawings. They are thematically grouped in 75 plates that form the core for the descriptive text and annotated references. A glossary of ichnological terms is also provided.

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Table of contents :
00 front-matter.pdf……Page 2
01 Vertebrate Tracks.pdf……Page 14
02 Arthropod Trackways.pdf……Page 30
03 Trilobite Burrows.pdf……Page 44
04 Arthropod Tunnel Systems.pdf……Page 58
05 Resting Traces.pdf……Page 74
06 Burrows of Short Bulldozers.pdf……Page 88
07 Burrows of Wormlike Bulldozers.pdf……Page 102
08 Burrows of Stripminers.pdf……Page 116
09 Arthrophycid Burrows.pdf……Page 129
10 Probers.pdf……Page 143
11 Deepsea Farmers.pdf……Page 157
12 Pseudo-Traces.pdf……Page 171
13 Earliest Trace Fossils.pdf……Page 185
14 Cruziana Stratigraphy.pdf……Page 199
15 Ichnofacies.pdf……Page 213
16 Glossary.pdf……Page 227