Earth Resources/Materials, Geology, Geomorphology, Paleontology Agate Fossil Beds National Monument; ancient World Web Hooper (Dr. Ken) VirtualPaleontology Museum - Carleton Jurassic reefs in Germany; K-Paleo - Kuban s http://www.usra.edu/esse/ford/ESS205/g300www/g300wwwgeos.html
Biggest Ever U.S. Fish Study Aids Florida Conservation Worldwide, the ancient, slowgrowing reefs have been imperiled by But coral reefsalso are probably the first ecosystems to C. Archaeology and paleontology. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/07/0730_020730_fishcensus.html
Extractions: In the most ambitious study of marine life ever undertaken in the United States, scientists spent a month recently counting the fish in the Florida Keys, from the waters south of Miami to the coral forests beyond Key West. As Florida's human population soared to more than 16 million in recent decades, the once abundant stock of snappers, groupers, and grunts has significantly declined because of recreational and commercial fishing. Researchers say that 70 percent of all fish species have been overharvested, and the average size of the grouper, a huge fish, is 10 percent smaller. Bluestriped grunts swim through the Florida Keys, where a major scientific census of the region's fish has been done as part of marine conservation and restoration efforts.
Ariel A. Roth Ariel Roth s interests include living and ancient coral reefs in some Pleistocene,Devonian, and Silurian reef facies. Journal of paleontology 6011471158. http://origins.swau.edu/who/roth/default.html
Extractions: Ariel A. Roth (Click for full C.V.) Ph.D. University of Mchigan 1955 Coral Reefs and Flood Geology General Interests Ariel Roth's interests include living and ancient coral reefs, evidences of a worldwide catastrophic flood, and issues of philosophy of science. Current Research Although Roth has never been at a loss for things to do, he has recently completed a major work: Origins: Linking Science and Scripture, published by Review and Hearld Publishing Co. Photo: Group of educators in the Alps near Saulzburg, Austria discussing with Dr. Roth the origin of the Lofer cyclothems. Three of the cyclothems (designated as 1-3) are visible in the cliff. Under consideration is evidence that these were dposited rapidly, in contrast to the usual interpretatiion that it took many thousands of years to deposit each of these. Selected Publications
Professor George Stanley in scope and deal with invertebrate paleontology, paleoecology and paleogeographywith specialization on modern and ancient reefs, especially those of the http://www2.umt.edu/Geology/faculty/stanley/stanley.htm
Extractions: Paleo field trip in Montana Current Activities My research and teaching are international in scope and deal with invertebrate paleontology, paleoecology and paleogeography with specialization on modern and ancient reefs, especially those of the early Mesozoic. I am busy working with students on several paleontological projects: NSF-sponsored project on reef evolution and recoveries from mass extinctions in Cordilleran in reef of early Mesozoic age and another one using Triassic silicified fossils to reconstruct paleogeography.
Geology 315 Ecological Services Exposé (ESE) *(see below). I. INTRODUCTION TO paleontology,Reading. Mar 3, M, Communities II ancient v. modern reefs, Ch. http://classes.colgate.edu/csoja/geol315/315sched.htm
Research View | The University Of Montana Winter 2003. Better Big Sky Science. NSF EPSCoR Funnels Funding to Montana. Language Leader. Educator Works to Save. Fading Indian Culture. ancient Oceans. UM Paleontologist Studies. reefs and Life http://www.umt.edu/urelations/rview/winter2003/oceans.htm
Extractions: Reefs and Life Across the Eons (Left) Researcher George Stanley holds a coral fossil from UM's Paleontology Research Collection. (Right) Ancestor of all: Stanley holds a 530-million-year-old fish fossil discovered at China's Chengjiang Biota that may be the forerunner of all vertebrates, including humans. If given access to a time machine, some people would cruise off to witness the signing of the Declaration of Independence or maybe the birth of Christ. But UM paleontologist George Stanley would take a longer jaunt perhaps jumping back 200 million years to visit the first reefs of the Mesozoic Era. Or maybe he'd zip back 540 million years to the dawn of the Cambrian Period when simple worms, jellyfish and multicellular critters living in the Earth's oceans suddenly at least in geologic terms exploded into myriad new forms.
Reefs And Atolls Of The Australian Outback The Australian Outback is legendary for its heat and aridity, but an Adelaide University researcher has discovered a Precambrian reef system in the heart of one of the country's most popular A row of reefs now stands along the edge of in that all the reefs have been tilted on their It provides a view of ancient reefs not often encountered http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-07/AU-Raao-3007100.php
Extractions: Adelaide University One Enorama reef shows as a low, scrub-covered hill in the foreground, surrounded by smoothly weathered shale. The pale, weathered diapir is in the background. A thin line of outcrop at the back of the hill running across the width of the image is the contact between the diapir and country rock. Click here for more photos. Full size image available through contact When the Australian explorer Charles Sturt went looking for an inland sea, he wasn't wrong; just a few million years too late. Oceans once covered great areas of what is now inland Australia. Their traces remain in fossils, minerals and geological formations that reveal much about how Earth has changed over time. Dr Nicholas Lemon from Adelaide University's National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics has been field-mapping a Precambrian reef complex in what is now the Flinders Ranges National Park. The work began in 1984 as part of his PhD project. Interest was renewed when Dr Lemon showed the area to a group of international geologists. "They were aware of similar occurrences in North America, but which were not of the same age, and they could see the importance of this outcrop," said Dr Lemon. Not far from the Brachina Gorge Geological Trail, the reefs at Enorama formed as a fringe around a diapiric island. In geological terms, a diapir is a mobile core containing minerals of low density such as salt. The core pushes upwards, deforming overlying rock to form a dome on the Earth's surface. The ancient diapir at Enorama formed an island in shallow seas, buoyed up by salt. There are similar examples today in the Persian Gulf.
Virtual Silurian Reef -- Table Of Contents The Virtual Silurian Reef is a K12 distance-learning project of the Geology Section of the Milwaukee Public Museum, funded by the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation. During the sea, reefs flourished in reefs as a vehicle for students to learn general principles, local details, and environmental significance of the study of the ancient http://www.mpm.edu/reef/intro.html
Extractions: OF BRILLION, WISCONSIN D uring the Silurian Period in earth history, 425 million years ago, when much of North America was covered by a shallow, tropical sea, reefs flourished in the area now occupied by Wisconsin and Illinois. This site uses these reefs as a vehicle for students to learn general principles, local details, and environmental significance of the study of the ancient past.
PAST LIVES: CHRONICLES OF CANADIAN PALEONTOLOGY - Chapter 21 PAST LIVES CHRONICLES OF CANADIAN paleontology. Chapter 21. Drill cores of this reefmight disclose evidence of its ancient ecology, but paleoecology http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/gsc/calgary/canpal/pastlives/21_e.html
Extractions: About the Authors Chapter 21. Redwater and Ed Klovan The presence of tropical reefs a mile beneath the frigid plains of central Alberta was an intriguing and lucrative novelty for petroleum geologists, but it was almost too preposterous for the general public to accept Section of core from the Upper Devonian Redwater Reef. University of Alberta Collections. Photo by BDEC (c). In 1948 a large oil-bearing reef was discovered under the town of Redwater, but this reef consisted of original limestone, not dolostone. Drill cores of this reef might disclose evidence of its ancient ecology, but paleoecology was yet an unformed discipline and such work had to await another decade when an Albertan went to graduate school in New York City. Ed Klovan grew up at Lake Wabamun outside Edmonton. After an undergraduate degree in geology from the University of Alberta, he began graduate work at New Yorks Columbia University in 1957. Columbia then was home to two of the brightest researchers in the fledgling field of paleoecology Norman Newell and John Imbrie, both of whom had a deep interest in modern reef ecology. Imbrie suggested to Klovan that he prepare a class seminar on the paleoecology of the Devonian reefs of central Alberta. By then hundreds of wells had been drilled into Leduc reefs, but Klovans library research was stymied because virtually nothing had been published on their nature and paleoecology. In failing to find a seminar topic, he had identified a thesis topic.
OUP USA: Reef Evolution: Rachel Wood to understanding ancient coral reef ecosystems. It will be a useful resource forstudents and researchers in evolution, marine biology, ecology, paleontology, http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/EarthSciences/Paleontology/~~/cGY9
Extractions: More Oxford email lists Enter Sales Promo Code Subjects Earth Sciences Paleontology Reef Evolution Rachel Wood paper 432 pages Jul 1999 In Stock Price: $64.50 $5.00 (US) $10.00 (INTL) Reviews Product Details About the Author(s) Using more than 250 illustrations and specially drawn ecological reconstructions of reef communities, Rachel Wood provides an evolutionary approach to understanding ancient coral reef ecosystems. It will be a useful resource for students and researchers in evolution, marine biology, ecology, paleontology, biodiversity, and geology. Learn more about this title...
Natural Selection: Subject Gateway To The Natural World This site provides an excellent place to start learning about the cycads, anancient group of seed plants that have Reef ecology; reefs; paleontology;. http://nature.ac.uk/browse/560.176.html
Extractions: Alpine Jurassic working group Compiled by Dr Michael Rasser, a palaeontologist at Geologische Bundesanstalt, Vienna, this site aims to "present and support the work of geologists and paleontologists studying the Alpine Jurassic". The site includes a searchable literature database (currently containing 1134 records), descriptions of ongoing projects, a directory of people in the field and related links. Paleoecology; Paleontology/Jurassic; Cretaceousfossils.com This site provides a stimulating introduction to fossils from the Cretaceous, with an emphasis on fossils from the US states of Texas, New Jersey, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota. The largest part of the site focuses on invertebrates including brachiopods and pelecypods, smaller sections on fossil vertebrates, plants and the geology of the region are also available. These sections are supported by images and descriptions, an overview of geological time, references, links to related sites and a section on non-cretaceous fossils. Paleobotany/Cretaceous; Plants, Fossil; Animals, Fossil; Paleontology/Cretaceous;
EarthScienceSeek.com Invertebrate Stanley, G. profile http//www.cs.umt.edu/GEOLOGY/FAC/stanley.htmlPaleontology of modern and ancient reefs, University of Montana. http://www.earthscienceseek.com/categories/Science__Earth_Sciences__Paleontology
NYS Museum Press Release - Museum Series-2 through geologic time and how natural gas may originate with ancient reef and beachsands. The Museum s Center for Stratigraphy and paleontology focuses on http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/press/archive/premuseumseries2.html
Extractions: Ancient Life and Environments in New York State FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb 2, 2001 ALBANY, N.Y. - The effects of changes in climate and the environment on ancient life in New York is the theme of the next Museum Series talks by New York State Museum researchers. The four talks on Ancient Life and Environments in New York State, are held on consecutive Wednesdays, begin Feb. 7 in the Museum Theater. All programs start at 7 p.m. and are free of charge. Geologists and paleontologists use their findings on marine life to suggest theories on the evolution of modern animal groups and plants. Also explored will be the causes and effects of changing sea levels through geologic time and how natural gas may originate with ancient reef and beach sands. The Museum's Center for Stratigraphy and Paleontology focuses on interpreting the regional and global controls on the early history and evolution of the natural environment and life in New York. The Center includes paleobiologists, stratigraphers and other geologists whose work contributes to understanding the rock and fossil succession in New York State and related regions. The Museum, committed to lifelong learning, is a program of the State Education Department.
Ancient Life Text - NYS Museum Utica are fossilbearing deposits of the ancient Utica Sea New York State Museum PaleontologyCollection, E 317. Earths Oldest Coral reefs text panel for free http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/education/teacher/ancient_life_text.html
Extractions: Information Exhibits Programs Education ... New York State Museum ANCIENT LIFE OF NEW YORK A Billion Years of Earth History Gallery Text and Labels Please take a stroll through a billion years of New York’s “deep time." [Introductory panel outside of the gallery] Like deep space, deep time takes us back through dimensions of life that are beyond the scope of human experience. Deep time is reconstructed by scientific evidence. Paleontology is the study of life through deep time. paleontology pay -lee-un- tahl James Hall [label for portrait of James Hall] First director of New York State Museum and one of the most important paleontologists of the nineteenth century. Throughout this exhibition: Unfamiliar Words - Some scientific terminology may be unfamiliar to you, so certain words within each panel are bolded . You can find these words either written out phonetically, or defined, or both, at the bottom of the appropriate panel. Fossil Names - All living and fossil organisms are given a unique scientific name. This two-part, descriptive name consists of the genus (jee-nuss) and the species (spee-seez), usually Latin or Greek words. The genus is capitalized, but the species is not. Both names are always written in
An Ancient Land ancient Life of the UK Natural History Museum s collection through selected paleontologyprojects. this site represents a virtual trip to the reefs of the http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7689/ancient.html
Trilobite Ecology And Ancient Environments Trilobite Ecology and ancient Environments This page last of oncocerid nautiloidsfrom the Virtual Silurian Reef paper by Desmond Collins (J. paleontology 70(2 http://www.aloha.net/~smgon/triloecology.htm
Extractions: developed by Christopher R. Scotese. Half a billion years ago , the Earth's marine environment was certainly not the same as it is today. It is likely that the ocean's chemistry, including salinity, was different, and the configuration of the ocean basins and continents was entirely unlike our modern globe, because of continental drift Biotic environments (the living community of plants and animals) were also different. While there were many species of marine plants and animals, many groups prominent today were missing, or poorly represented. For example, in the Cambrian and Ordovician , there were no jawed fishes , and Crustaceans (crabs, shrimps, etc.) which dominate the arthropod fauna of today's oceans, were present, but not prominent.
GE251 Field Trip To Ripogenus Dam ancient reef carbonate has been classified variously, but many Dam, Maine Journalof paleontology, v. 19 Wood, R., 1999, Reef Evolution Oxford University Press http://www.colby.edu/~ragastal/GE251/Ripogenus.htm
Extractions: What is a reef? GE 251 Field Trip to Ripogenus Dam The term derives from the old Norse word rif that means a hazardous rib of rock, sand, or biological material lying close to the surface of the sea. But, due to the variance in biological meaning, the term reef has no universally defined meaning. The most widespread term is very restrictive - a rigid, wave-resistant framework consisting of large skeletal organisms. But, modern coral reefs possess unique ecological features and environmental requirements, both of which are difficult to discern in the fossil record. How to determine if an ancient reef formed a wave-resistant framework? Different geographic and oceanographic settings vary in wave structure, which makes any determination difficult. The presence of an in situ marine community which has formed some relief is evidence that the organisms could develop under specific hydrodynamic processes, but not necessarily that they were wave-resistant. Reefs also are comprised of both living, structurally sound components and those parts that have been obliterated resulting in reef rubble. Hence, the expression of a reef in the fossil record may have little similarity to that of a modern reef. Large skeletal organisms are not conspicuous components of reefs in the past. Different evolutionary grades of marine invertebrates and plants have existed, and much of the ancient record is comprised of cement and peloidal micrite (pellet-shaped carbonate mud clasts). Hence, over the long term, biological processes other than the growth of large, skeletal organisms can contribute to the framework of the reef. Modern and ancient reefs, then, are extremely varied and encompass a wide range of both inorganic and organic phenomena.
KPH Home Page these ideas have been tested in ancient reef cores from and the overall sediment budgetin reef systems. History of Life 128 Syllabus paleontology 320 Syllabus. http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/kmhubbar/
Extractions: Research Interests: My main research focus has been on the processes of preservation (taphonomy) particularly of molluscs and echinoderms. I have been a member of a larger research group studying modern processes such as dissolution, epibiont overgrowth, and mechanical destruction on experimentally deployed organisms in a wide variety of environments from the shallow shelf, to the deep continental slope in both the Gulf of Mexico and in the Bahamas. Our research group is called the Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative (SSETI) and is summarized here. The goal of this research is to understand the timing of fossilization processes in deep-water settings. The only way to do this is to measure them in modern settings and extrapolate to ancient assemblages. Our experiments, then, are deployed and retrieved by submersible at regular intervals and the changes in the shells are quantified. As an extension of this research, I have developed an interest in the paleoecologic implications for encrusting organisms. They may prove to be excellent indicators of paleobathymetry, nutrient levels, and other physical and chemical conditions acting on any particular organism during its life and after it dies and becomes fossilized. Some of these ideas have been tested in ancient reef cores from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Nearctica - Education - Subjects - Fossils By Period You can learn about the occurrence of Silurian reefs in the fossil Oceans of KansasPaleontology. A marvelous web site dealing with the ancient ocean life that http://www.nearctica.com/educate/subject/period.htm
Extractions: Subjects - Fossils by Period Special Segments Butterflies of North America Conifers of North America Eastern Birds List of N.A. Insects Home Eastern Wildflowers General Topics Natural History Ecology Family Environment Evolution Home Education Home Conservation Geophysics Paleontology Commercial Organizations Return to Subjects Main Page To find more links, go to the geological periods section of the Paleontology segment of Nearctica PRECAMBRIAN The Divisions of Precambrian Time. University of California at Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. This is a wonderful site to learn about the Precambrian. The opening page has a chart of the Precambrian time line and you click on the period you want more information about. A very nice and very thorough introduction to the earliest prebiotic and biotic evolution of life on early. The Precambrian . Pamela Gore. An excellent synoptic introduction to the Precambrian. Some of the topics covered are the three main subdivisions of the Precambrian, the early origins of life on earth, and the fossil record including the earliest known records of multicellular (metazoan) life.
