A Biostratigraphical Atlas of British Ostracods (2 Revised edition)

Ostracods are important stratigraphical and environmental indices in sedimentary rocks from the Cambrian to the present day.

Their principal commercial use is in determining the relative ages of strata for hydrocarbon and mineral exploration, in civil engineering and in geological mapping.

This book brings together the results of important advances made over the last 15 years in ostracod biostratigraphy in and around the British Isles.

Each chapter covers a different part of the stratigraphic column and is written by one or more acknowledged experts on the particular interval.

Separate sections deal systematically with the history of research, important collections, chrono-/lithostratigraphy, ostracod biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and facies controls and ideas for future research.

There is a further chapter covering the applications of ostracods.

Illustrated with numerous high quality scanning electron micrographs and definitive range charts, this book serves as a reference for anyone working on the stratigraphy of British sedimentary rocks. Students and senior academics should find this an important reference work, as should industrial biostratigraphers working on British and European successions on and offshore.

This book should also be of interest to biostratigraphers and professional micropalaeontologists.