Quantitative Ecological and Taphonomic Patterns in Late Cenozoic Mollusk-Dominated Marine Fossil Assemblages

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dc.contributor.authorBarbour Wood, Susan L.en
dc.contributor.committeechairKowalewski, Michalen
dc.contributor.committeememberRead, James Fredricken
dc.contributor.committeememberScheckler, Stephen E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWard, Lauck W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTracy, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.departmentGeosciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:12:02Zen
dc.date.adate2006-06-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:12:02Zen
dc.date.issued2006-04-13en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-27en
dc.date.sdate2006-05-14en
dc.description.abstractApplications in paleontological research are far from being limited to taxonomic collection and identification. Nor is such research limited to working solely on fossil data. Actualistic paleontology is the study of modern or recent organisms and processes to better understand those of the past. The bulk of this body of research falls under the category of actualistic paleontology, and examines geochronological methods and error biases in dating biological specimens ranging in age from modern to thousands of years old. Although such methods are arguably not perfect, error rates of ± a few hundred to few thousand years can be extremely important when considering ecological relationships among both Holocene taxa and time-averaged paleocommunities, but quite diminished when considering implications on more traditional dating techniques for ancient strata. Regardless, understanding implications of time resolution is important in analyses of and comparisons between any biological dataset. The following chapters are united by quantitative and statistical management of data with varying levels of temporal resolution, and represent four manuscripts that either are in press or soon to be submitted for publication.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-05142006-181015en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05142006-181015/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27710en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartETD60706.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectradiocarbon datingen
dc.subjectbrachiopodsen
dc.subjectBouchardiaen
dc.subjectmollusksen
dc.subjectSemeleen
dc.subjectHoloceneen
dc.subjectQuaternaryen
dc.subjectBrazilen
dc.subjectUbatuba Bayen
dc.subjectreservoir ageen
dc.subjecttaphonomyen
dc.subjecttime averagingen
dc.subjectAtlantic Coastal Plainen
dc.subjectMioceneen
dc.subjectPlioceneen
dc.subjectEastoveren
dc.subjectCobham Bayen
dc.subjectYorktownen
dc.subjectSunken Meadowen
dc.subjectasparticen
dc.subjectAmino acid racemizationen
dc.subjectpaleoecologyen
dc.subjectgradienten
dc.subjectordinationen
dc.titleQuantitative Ecological and Taphonomic Patterns in Late Cenozoic Mollusk-Dominated Marine Fossil Assemblagesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineGeosciencesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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