GS 833: Advanced Ichnology in Palaeoenvironmental Characterization

Syllabus​

Metazoans-substrate interactions in sedimentary environments. Recent adavances in trace-fossil analysis: Common and unusual ichnofabrics, ichnotaphonomic pathways. Ichnofacies paradigm: applications and pitfalls. Effects of environmental stressors on benthos. Trace fossils in well cores, computer tommographic data, and geochemical images. Evolutionary ichnology in geological space and time. Ichnoentomology of soils and palaeosols.

Texts/References

  • Knaust, D. and Bromley, R. eds., 2. Trace fossils as indicators of sedimentary environments. Newnes.
  • Knaust, D., 2017. Atlas of trace fossils in well core: appearance, taxonomy and interpretation. Springer.
  • Mangano, M.G. and Buatois, L.A. eds., 2016a. The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events. Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic. Springer.
  • Mangano, M.G. and Buatois, L.A. eds., 2016b. The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events. Volume Mesozoic and Cenozoic.” Ameghiniana 54, no. 3 (2017): 348-349.
  • MacEachern, J.A. and Gingras, M.K., 2023. Foundations and Applications of Trace Fossils. Elsevier Science