Applied Stratigraphy

Part I: Evolution of a Concept. 1 Stratigraphy: Evolution of a Concept ; Eduardo A.M. Koutsoukos Part II: The Search for Patterns: Ordering the Framework. 2 Buried Time: Chronostratigraphy as a Research Tool; Marie Pierre Aubry and John Van Couvering 3 Ecostratigraphy’s Basis, using Silurian and Devonian examples, with consideration of the Biogeographic Complication; Arthur J. Boucot 4 Devonian Palynostratigraphy in Western Gondwana; Stanislas Loboziak, José Henrique G. Melo and Maurice Streel 5 Carboniferous and Permian Palynostratigraphy; Geoffrey Playford and Rodolfo Dino 6 Biostratigraphy of the Non-marine Triassic: Is a Global Correlation based on Tetrapod Faunas possible? Cesar L. Schultz 7 The K-T Boundary; Eduardo A. M. Koutsoukos Part III: The Search for Clues: Analyzing and Sequencing the Record. 8 Chemostratigraphy; René Rodrigues 9 Palaeobotany and Palaeoclimatology: Part I: Growth Rings in Fossil Woods; Laureen S.R. Alves and Margot Guerra-Sommer Part II: Leaf Assemblages; Tânia L. Dutra 10 Palynofacies Analysis and its Stratigraphic Application ; David J. Batten and Darrin Stead 11 Sequence Biostratigraphy; Hillary C. Olsson and Peter Thompson 12 Taphonomy – Overview of Main Concepts and Applications to Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis; Michael Holz and Marcello G. Simões 13 Significance of Ichnofossils to Applied Stratigraphy; George Pemberton and James A. MacEachern 14 Cyclostratigraphy; Martin A. Perlmutter and Nilo C. de Azambuja Filho 15 The Role and Value of 'Biosteering' in Hydrocarbon Reservoir Exploitation;Robert W. Jones, Stephen Lowe, Paul Milner, Peter Heavey, Simon Payne and David Ewen Part IV: Modelling the Record. 16 Quantitative Methods for Applied Microfossil Biostratigraphy; Felix M. Gradstein