Mangrove Ichnology of the Bay of Bengal Coast, Eastern India

• Main Author: De, Chirananda (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Geology,
• Subjects: Geotechnical engineering.; Sedimentology.; Ecology .; Paleontology .; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Ecology.; Paleontology.

This book focuses on the world's largest mangrove delta complex, located at Sundarban, a world heritage site, and on the relatively new and rapidly expanding scientific discipline of ichnology. In addition to presenting a range of ichnological research databases that are widely applicable to mu...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Common Trace-Making Endobenthic Invertebrates
• Descriptive Ichnology
• Biophysical Mechanisms of Crab Burrowing
• Ichnozones and their Characterization
• Preservation of Traces
• Ichnofacies and Ichnofabrics
• Spatio-Temporal Changes in Ichnozones
• Geological Significance
• Summary and Conclusions.