Micropaleontology and its Applications

Contents: 1. Micropalaeontology and Palaeoecology of the Kallankuruchchi Limestone Formation, Cauvery Basin, S. E. India/M. B. Hart and M. P. Watkinson. 2. Dynamics of Larger Benthic Foraminiferal Populations in the Upper Florida Keys Reef Tract, USA: Comparisons with other Coral Reef Bioindicators/Elizabeth Fisher Moses, Pamela Hallock and John E. Fauth. 3. Microbialites and Salt Lakes of Western Australia– Salient Features, Threats and Conservation Issues/Jacob John, Veronica S. Campagna and Fiona E. Taukulis. 4. δ18O of Larger Benthic Foraminifera: Temperature Calibration for Shallow Marine Tropical-Subtropical Carbonates/P. K. Saraswati, Asmita Singh, K. Rogers, Prasanta Sanyal, Kanchan Pande and Kenji Iwao. 5. Integrated Benthic Foraminiferal and Ammonite Biostratigraphy of Middle to Late Jurassic Sediments of Keera Dome, Kachchh, Western India/Abu Talib, Sreepat Jain and Roohi Irshad. 6. Bloom of Zygnematalean Algae found from the Gechang Sandstone, Spiti Valley in the Tethys Himalaya, India/G.K. Singh, V. A. Krassilov, N.C. Mehrotra, Neerja Jha and N.L. Chhabra. 7. An Overview on the Comparative Morphology of the Recent Benthic Foraminifera from the East Coast of India and the part of the southern East Coast of Japan, Warm-water Indo-Pacific Province/P. K. Kathal and V. K. Singh. 9. Late Cretaceous Pelagic Red Shales in the Cauvery Basin, Southeast India, Its Biostratigraphy and Paleoceanographic Implications/Abiraman Govindan. 10. Foraminiferal Palaeoecology and Depositional Environment of Middle to Late Jurassic Sequence, Kaiya Dome, Kutch, India/Abu Talib, K. N. Gaur, Y. P. Singh and Shabana Anjum. 11. An Overview of Ostracoda Studies from the Freshwater, Marginal Marine and Marine Ecosystems of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Coasts of India/S. M. Hussain. 12. Siliceous Microfossils of the Neogene Sediments from Northern Indian Ocean/Arindam Chakraborty and Amit K. Ghosh. 13. Foraminifera from Middle Jurassic Sediments of Jara Dome, Kachhch, Gujarat- Age and Palaeoecologic Implications/S. M. Wasim, Y.P. Singh, Ainul H. Ansari and Megha Prakasan. 14. Preliminary Study of Microstructure and Taphonomy of Dinosaur Eggs and Nests of the Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation near Padlya, Lower Narmada Valley, India/Harsha Dhiman, Vishal Verma and G. V. R. Prasad. 15. Study of Pliocene Radiolaria from Kerguelen Plateau Site 738B (Sections 2H4 to 2H5): Distribution and Systematics/G. K Sharma and Deepti. 16. A Comparative Study of Foraminifera and its Ecological Significance between Arasalar and Thirumalairajanar Estuaries in Karaikal, East coast of India/M. Suresh Gandhi, M. Manjima, P. Jesma, R. Tharun and N. Rajeshwara Rao. 17. Foraminifera as Bio-Indicators of Pollution: a Review of Research over the Last Decade/Thejasino Suokhrie, R. Saraswat and R. Nigam. 18. Coralline Algae from the Kopili Formation (Late Eocene), Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India/S. Kishore, A. K. Jauhri, A. P. Singh, R.P. Tiwari and S. K. Singh. 19. The Significance of Spinosity in Foraminifera – A New Perspective/N. Rajeshwara Rao and S. M. Hussain. 20. Experimental Studies on Benthic Foraminifera: an Update on the Changing Trends and Challenges over the Past Decade/Sujata R. Kurtarkar, V. N. Linshy, Amrita Kaithwar, Rajeev Saraswat and Rajiv Nigam.21. Potential Applicability of Benthic Foraminiferal Microhabitats in Deciphering Ocean- Bottom Oxygenation History of the Eastern Arabian Sea/S. R. Bharti, K. Verma and A. D. Singh.

The book is designed to cover the recent researches carried-out by the scholars from across the world. It covers aspects related to Foraminifera, in biostratigraphy and paleoecology, isotopic studies, applicability as bio-indicators in pollution studies, taxonomy of Indo-Pacific assemblages, studies of history of ocean bottom oxygenation and experimental studies; Radiolaria from Antarctic Ocean; Microbalites including Diatoms in studying threats and conservation issues in salt lakes of Western Australia; Ostracoda from freshwater, marginal marine ecosystems from Andaman and Nicobar islands; Coralline-algae from late Eocene rocks of Meghalaya; Zygnematalean algae from across the Permian-Triassic boundary; and Microstructures of egg-shells of vertebrates showing paleobiologic links across the continents.

It will serve the postgraduate students choosing Geology as well as researchers in the field of Micropaleontology. (jacket)