Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Part One Extraction Techniques
• 1 Locating and collecting fossil plants and spores
• 2 Extraction of lignitic and fusainised plant fragments from unconsolidated sandy and clay-rich sediments
• 3 Extracting plant mesofossils and megafossils by bulk acid maceration
• 4 Small palynomorphs
• 5 Large palynomorphs and debris
• 6 Palynomorph extraction from peat, lignite and coals
• Part Two Morphology
• 7 Surface preparation of macrofossils (degagement)
• 8 Plant and spore compression in sediments
• 9 Macrophotography
• 10 Light microscopy of fossil pollen and spores
• 11 Light microscopy of cuticles
• 12 Scanning electron microscopy of megafossils and mesofossiles
• Part Three Anatomy
• 13 The acetate peel technique
• 14 Embedding techniques: adhesives and resins
• 15 Thin sections and wafering
• 16 Polished blocks and reflected light microscopy
• 17 Opaque petrifaction techniques
• 18 Lignified and charcoaled fossil wood
• 19 Fabric analysis and plant anatomy
• 20 Biomechanical analysis
• Part Four Ultrastructure
• 21 The ultrastructure of fossil cuticle
• 22 Plant cell walls
• 23 Megaspore ultrastructure
• 24 The ultrastructure of fossil pollen and spores
• Part Five Geochemistry
• 25 Collection and storage of fossil plant remains for organic geochemical analyses
• 26 Carbon stable isotope analysis of fossil plants
• 27 Pyrolysis and chemolysis of fossil plant remains: applications to palaeobotany
• 28 Solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance of fossil plants and spores
• 29 Isolation, identification, and authentication of DNA sequences derived from fossil material
• 30 Mineralogical and geochemical analysis
• 31 Spore colour measurement
• 32 Bulk geochemistry as a guide to provenance and diagenis
• Part Six Conservation, Databases and Protocols
• 33 The plant fossil record on the internet
• 34 Taxonomic and nomenclatural alternatives
• 35 Curation in museum collections
• Part Seven Sedimentology, Taphonomy and Stratigraphy
• 36 Experimental sedimentology
• 37 Palynofacies analysis
• 38 Particle orientation and palaeoenvironments
• 39 Coal ball sampling and quanification
• 40 Taphonomy: field techniques in modern environments
• 41 Palaeosols
• 42 Plant macrofossil biostratigraphy
• 43 Spore and pollen biostratigraphy
• Part Eight Palaeoclimatology
• 44 Fossil leaf character states: multivariate analyses
• 45 Palaeobotanical databases and palaeoclimate signals
• 46 Fossil tree-ring analysis: palaeodendrology
• 47 Stomatal density and index: theory and application
• 48 Stomatal density and index; the practice
• 49 The nearest living relative method
• Part Nine Palaeoecology
• 50 Palynology / ecology interfaces
• 51 Techniques for analysing uncompacted lake sediments
• 52 Collection and analysis techniques for palaeoecological studies in coastal-deltaic settings
• 53 Calcareous algae: analytical techniques
• 54 Archaeobotany: collecting and analytical techniques for sub-fossils
• 55 Dendrochronology
• 56 14C dating sub-fossil plant remains
• 57 13C/12C in growth rings and leaves: carbon distribution in trees
• 58 Techniques in the study of plant-arthropod interactions
• 59 Plants and animal diets
• Part Ten International Laws
• 60 International laws: collecting, transporting and ownership of fossils
• References
• Glossary of terms
• Appendix
• Index