Devonian Paleoenvironments of Ohio

• Main Author: Bose, Rituparna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Paleontology.; Biodiversity.; Earth Sciences.

Carbonate depositional systems in the Paleozoic geologic time represent fewer studies in paleoecological interactions than the siliciclastic systems. To evaluate this difference, the paleontology of the Middle Devonian Dundee Formation in Ohio has been explored. This geologic formation represents an...

Table of Contents:

• Research Objectives
• Geological Background
• Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of the Dundee Formation (Whitehouse Quarry)
• Previous Paleontological Faunal List from the Dundee Formation
• Materials and Methods
• Results – Paleontological Analysis
• Taphonomy of Shells
• Trace Types
• Nature and Position of Traces on Rhipidomella Shells
• Encrustation of Trace-Makers
• Discussion
• Epizoan-Host Relationships
• Four Possible Causes for Rare Encrustation in the Dundee Formation.