Terrestrial depositional systems : deciphering complexities through multiple stratigraphic methods / [edited by] Kate E. Zeigler and William G. Parker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Building local biostratigraphic models for the upper Triassic of western North America: methods and considerations / W.G. Parker, J.W. Martz --
Revised formulation of the Late Triassic land vertebrate "faunachrons" of western North America: recommendations for codifying nascent systems of vertebrate biochronology / J.W. Martz, W.G. Parker --
Methods in paleopalynology and palynostratigraphy: an application to the K-Pg boundary / A. Bercovici, J. Vellekoop --
Sedimentologist's guide for recognition, description, and classification of paleosols / N.J. Tabor, T.S. Myers, L.A. Michel --
Overview of methods in paleomagnetism and magnetostratigraphy for terrestrial strata / K.E. Zeigler, K.P. Kodama --
The Lower Chinle Formation (Late Triassic) at Petrified Forest National Park, southwestern USA: a case study in magnetostratigraphic correlations / K.E. Zeigler, W.G. Parker, J.W. Martz --
Magnetostratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, and prospects for using magnetostratigraphy as a correlative tool in the Morrison Formation / S.C.R. Maidment, D. Balikova, A.R. Muxworthy --
Terrestrial carbon isotope chemostratigraphy in the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation: complications and pitfalls / M.B. Suarez [and 7 others].

This multi-contributed reference combines reviews of stratigraphic methods with individual case studies, providing readers with a broad scope of techniques that will aid their work in the interpretation and understanding of complex depositional systems.