A History Of Life

1. From production to final burial - pt. 2
(Taphonomy/Shell transport)

...leistocene. These cover a full range of taphonomic types, from biogenic to sedimentological concentrations (Dominici 2001). The second type is particularly interesting because the limited, but repeat...

2. From production to final burial
(Taphonomy/Shell transport)

...e site of quick burial of shelly remains, though with some lateral displacement from the original habitats (Dominici & Zuschin 2005). Paleogene strata in the Spanish Pyrenees, well-known to biostr...

3. Shell beds at ravinement surfaces
(Taphonomy/Shell beds and sequence stratigraphy)

...riginal work by Demarest & Kraft (1987). References: Benvenuti M., Bertini A., Conti C. and Dominici S. 2007 . Integrated analyses of litho- and biofacies in a Pliocene cyclothemic, al...

4. What's a mangrove?
(Past ecosystems/Mangrove forest)

...xistence of a rather diverse mangrove ecosystem, where the pollen record actually suggests only Nypa palms (Dominici & Kowalke 2007). On the other side of the pyrenean gulf, findings of rhyzoporac...

5. Stefano Dominici
(Contact / Contacts)

Stefano Dominici, Administrator,