Introductory Petrography of Fossils
This is a book for beginners. Not geological beginners, because an introductory course in paleontology and some knowledge of the petrographic microscope is assumed, but for beginners in the study of the petrography of fossil constituents in sedimentary ro
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Introductory Petrography of Fossils
With 100 Plates and 28 Figures Photomicrography by George R. Ringer
Springer -Verlag New York· Heidelberg· Berlin 1971
ALAN STANLEY HOROWITZ, Curator of Paleontology PAUL EDWIN POTTER, Professor of Geology Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47401jU.S.A.
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-65113-7 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-65111-3
e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-65111-3
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Sbells to bits} Bits to dust} Aragonite to calcite} Tbe microscope's a must. H. & P.
Preface
This is a book for beginners. Not geological beginners, because an introductory course in paleontology and some knowledge of the petrographic microscope is assumed, but for beginners in the study of the petrography of fossil constituents in sedimentary rocks. Fossils are studied for various reasons: 1) to provide chronologic (time) frameworks, 2) to delineate rock units and ancient environments, or 3) to understand the past development (evolution) of living plants and animals. All of these uses may be attained through petrographic studies of thin sections of fossils embedded in sedimentary rocks. Some knowledge of the appearance of fossils in thin section is also fundamental for general stratigraphic studies, biofacies analyses, and is even useful in studying some metamorphic rocks. Commonly, fossils are essential for the delineation of carbonate rock types (facies or biofacies). We have written this book for sedimentary petrologists and stratigraphers, who routinely encounter fossils as part of their studies but who are not specialists in paleontology, and for students who are seeking a brief review and an introduction to the literature of the petrography of fossiliferous sedimentary rocks. Although experienced paleontologists may be appalled by the many generalized statements on size, shape, and principal fossil characters recited herein, we counter that we have had some success in introducing non-paleontologically oriented geologists to the use and identification of fossil constituents without using excessive paleontological terminology and detailed systematics. While the variability of shape and form within ma
