Taphonomy: A Process Approach

by Ronald E. Martin

Book Overview

Taphonomy: A Process Approach is the first book to review the entire field of taphonomy, or the science of fossil preservation. It describes the formation of animal and plant fossils in marine and terrestrial settings and how this affects deciphering the ecology and extinction of past lifeforms and the environments in which they lived. The volume emphasises a process approach to taphonomy and reviews the taphonomic behaviour of all important taxa,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521598338
• ISBN13: 9780521598330
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

very interesting book

perfect to those who want to know more on paleontology .i am happy i didnt listen to mr g.v middleton( above )as he give extremely partial perspective to this book.the only LOSS of information is that Ronald E. Martin forget mention his name ...- not for the lazy reader!