Fossils as information : new recording and stratal correlation techniques / Norman F. Hughes.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: vii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780521031646
- 560.17 23 H894
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Includes bibliographical references
1. Introduction;
2. Current data-handling for fossils; Part
3. Suggested new Paleontologic Data-Handling Code (PDHC);
4. Records are primary;
5. Nomenclature/language of records;
6. The Paleotaxon;
7. Replacing the Genus;
8. The Record package;
9. Earth and biologic evolution;
10. Proposed new Period Classification of fossils of past organisms;
11. Paleoenvironment investigation;
12. General stratigraphic procedures;
13. Limitations of the use of zones;
14. Event-Correlation;
15. Human and other problems;
16. Main plan re-stated;
Appendices 1 and 2: worked examples of GOR and PTR forms; Glossary.
This book discusses the procedure for handling information derived from fossil record, and the application of this information to solve problems.
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