Taphonomy Process and Bias Through Time /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Allison, Peter A. (Editor), Bottjer, David J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Edition: 2.
• Series: Aims & Scope Topics in Geobiology Book Series, 32
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Paleontology.; Sedimentology.; Geobiology.; Biodiversity.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.

Taphonomic bias is a pervasive feature of the fossil record. A pressing concern, however, is the extent to which taphonomic processes have varied through the ages. It is one thing to work with a biased data set and quite another to work with a bias that has changed with time. This book includes work...