Biogenic Structures: Their Use in Interpreting Depositional Environments
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Biogenic Structures: Their Use in Interpreting Depositional Environments
H. Allen Curran
Organisms of one sort or another today inhabit virtually every sediment environment on Earth, and the rock record tells us that this has been the case through the greater part of our planet's history.
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Organisms of one sort or another today inhabit virtually every sediment environment on Earth, and the rock record tells us that this has been the case through the greater part of our planet's history. Futhermore, organisms leave their mark in most sedimentary settings, either directly in the form of body fossils or indirectly as biogenic structures. In addition to their often profound modifying effects on substrates, ancient biogenic structures preserve a record of organism behavioral activity in response to substrate and other paleoenvironmental controls. Thus, the biogenic structures can be highly useful as facies indicators and can provide valuable clues to the intrepretation of paleodepositional environments. The purpose of this volume is to present a broad spectrum of case-book examples of the use of biogenic structures in the interpretation of depositional environments.
PDF ebook file size: 119 mb