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- Presents the first comprehensive atlas of trace fossils encountered in well cores
- Offers eye-catching core and outcrop photographs, illustrations and line drawings
- Presents an ultimate tool for integrated sedimentological-ichnological core logging
- Highlights paleoenvironmental interpretations and predictions for hydrocarbon reservoirs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Following an introduction to the study of trace fossils in core and an outline of ichnological basics, principles and concepts, the book provides detailed descriptions and interpretations of 39 trace fossils (ichnogenera) and associated features (such as bioturbate texture, plant roots and their traces, borings and pseudo-trace fossils) commonly encountered in well cores and in outcrop. The trace fossils are highlighted by their expression in well cores and illustrated with carefully prepared, eye-catching core photographs. This unique information is complemented by examples of trace fossils in outcrop, as well as relevant key figures from the literature.
Each description is presented in a consistent manner, stating the ichnogenus name and author in the title, followed by sections on the morphology and size, ichnotaxonomy, substrate, appearance in core, similar trace fossils, producers, ethology, depositional environment, ichnofacies, age, and reservoir quality. An extensive list of references per chapter for further reading rounds out the book, which is based on the author’s continuous work with trace fossils in core over the past two decades.
Authors and Affiliations
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Statoil ASA , Stavanger, Norway
Dirk Knaust
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Atlas of Trace Fossils in Well Core
Book Subtitle: Appearance, Taxonomy and Interpretation
Authors: Dirk Knaust
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49837-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49836-2Published: 23 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84251-6Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49837-9Published: 15 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 209
Number of Illustrations: 87 b/w illustrations, 121 illustrations in colour
Topics: Paleontology, Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture), Sedimentology