Testing Modern Biostratigraphical Methods Application to the Ammonoid Zonation across the Devonian-Carboniferous Boundary
Description
Carina Klein examines the quality of the existing modern ammonoid zonation based on three methods, being Unitary Associations (UA), Constrained Optimization (CONOP) as well as Ranking and Scaling (RASC). The author sets out which of these three methods is best suitable to refine these zones. The results obtained are compared to each other with regard to ammonoid succession and resolution as well as with empirical data from selected reference sections. The analysis reveals that the UA and RASC methods are the most suitable since the results best mirror the empirical data from the single outcrops.
Keywords
SciencePaleontologyLife SciencesEvolution
2016Book
Author(s)Carina Klein
PublisherSpringer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
ISBN9783658153441
LanguageEnglish
