Code: 04548262

Stratigraphic Paleobiology

Name: Stratigraphic Paleobiology
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 04548262
Price: 61.89 EUR
Availability: BackOrder

by Mark E. Patzkowsky, Steven M. Holland

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, 2012
More about this

61.89 €

Availability:

50/50

We think title might be available. Upon your order we will do our best to get it within 6 weeks.
We search the world

Availability alert

Add to wishlist

Science of Creature Design
36.93 € -19 %
Buy
Group 2 - The genesis of world rallying
49.51 €
Buy
Elantris
10.85 € -24 %
Buy
Die For You
19.78 € -13 %
Buy
Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology
50.73 €
Buy
Season on the Brink
12.47 € -13 %
Pre-order
Martians of Science
95.99 €
Buy

Give this book as a present today

Order book and choose Gift Order.
We will send you book gift voucher at once. You can give it out to anyone.
Book will be send to donee, nothing more to care about.

Book gift voucher sample Read more

Availability alert

We will watch availability for you

Enter your e-mail address and once book will be available,
we will send you a message. It's that simple.

You get 154 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late 1700s, Georges Cuvier argued for a literal interpretation, but in the early 1800s, Charles Lyell's gradualist view of the earth's history required a more nuanced interpretation of that same record. To this day, the tension between literal and interpretive readings lies at the heart of paleontological research, influencing the way scientists view extinction patterns and their causes, eco-system persistence and turnover, and the pattern of morphologic change and mode of speciation. With "Stratigraphic Paleobiology", Mark E. Patzkowsky and Steven M. Holland present a critical framework for assessing the fossil record, one based on a modern understanding of the principles of sediment accumulation. Patzkowsky and Holland argue that the distribution of fossil taxa in time and space is controlled not only by processes of ecology, evolution, and environmental change, but also by the stratigraphic processes that govern where and when sediment that might contain fossils is deposited and preserved. The authors explore the exciting possibilities of stratigraphic paleobiology, and along the way demonstrate its great potential to answer some of the most critical questions about the history of life.