Micropaleontology Principles and Applications
This book will help readers learn the basic skills needed to study microfossils especially those without a formal background in paleontology. It details key principles, explains how to identify different groups of microfossils, and provides insight into t
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Micropaleontology Principles and Applications
Micropaleontology
Pratul Kumar Saraswati • M.S. Srinivasan
Micropaleontology Principles and Applications
Pratul Kumar Saraswati Department of Earth Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, India
M.S. Srinivasan Department of Geology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India
ISBN 978-3-319-14573-0 ISBN 978-3-319-14574-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14574-7
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Preface
Microfossils have been mentioned as early as the fifth century BC by Herodotus, who travelled to Egypt and noted large size foraminifer Nummulites in the pyramids. The history of the study of microfossils since then has seen some major turning points; the major ones being the invention of the microscope in the late seventeenth century, followed by the voyage of HMS Challenger (1872–1876) - the first global marine research expedition, increased activity in exploration of oil after the second world war (1939–1945), and the voyage of the Glomar Challenger by an international initiative to core deep-sea sediments (Deep Sea Drilling Project, 1968). The development of micropaleontology through these years has unequivocally established the multidimensional applications of microfossils in solving problems in Earth Science. The oil industry nurtured it since the twentieth century and its core application in subsurface stratigraphy continues in spite of commendable development in geophysical logging and seismic methods to interpret subsurface geology. In fact, micropaleontology has expanded its role by being indispensable in seismic calibration, sequence stratigraphy, and as a tool to guide horizontal drilling of the reservoirs
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