Review
It is most useful having such a wealth of information between the covers of a single book. (...) This book is encyclopedic in scope and content and wil serve as the standard reference on the subject of Miocene stratigraphy for the foreseeable future. EOS Transactions Vol.79, No.44 ...for most libraries the book seems a must, as it is for those specialists that are actively working in the Miocene. For them many useful details are summarized and brought together.
Marine Micropaleontology, Vol. 35 G.J. van der Zwaan ...The publication of this volume is really a praiseworthy achievement. Focusing on applying the concept of GSSP through interdisciplinary approaches, the book is a good example of the study of integrated stratigraphy, that is not only of value to stratigraphers, paleontologists, and biostratigraphers, but is also useful to magnetostratigraphers, chemostratigraphers as well as geochronologists who dedicate their efforts to a global chronostratigraphy. Episodes, Vol. 22, No. 2 H. Yichun
Product Description
Integrated stratigraphy is essential for: detailed paleoecologic studies of critical intervals in Earth history; the calibration of the time scale for global use; and the establishment of Global Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) for the definition of chronostratigraphic boundaries. This work constitutes an example of how interdisciplinary stratigraphic and geochronologic studies are approached with modern methodologies and techniques. It contains numerous unpublished radioisotopic dates of volcano-sedimentary layers interbedded in fossiliferous marine and continental Miocene sequences representing Mediterranean and Pacific environments. Detailed paleontologic data which constitutes the basis for an accurate definition of the Miocene biostratigraphy and the study of the ecologic evolution of Miocene marine environments are also included. This work should be of interest to stratigraphers, paleontologists and sedimentologists plus geologists working in oil companies.
