Phytotaphonomy in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation: Implications for Depositional and Paleoclimatic Settings

上三叠统下巴地层的植物群落：对沉积和古气候环境的影响

• 批准号: 9305087
• 负责人: Judith Parrish
• 金额: $ 8.3万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-07-01 至 1996-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9305087&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Phytotaphonomy; Upper; Triassic; Chinle; Formation

PI will perform a taphonomic analysis of plant fossils of the Triassic Chinle Formation to meet two objectives: 1) resolve controversies regarding climate and other aspects of the physical environment in which flora grew, and 2) demonstrate applicability of taphonomic techniques in environments that differ substantially from those thus far studied. Research will also contribute to our understanding of world paleoclimate during the time of the supercontinent, Pangaea. Through field and lab work, flora will be studied in its geologic context, documenting effects of necrologic, biostratinomic and diagenetic processes, and interpreting their meaning.

PI将对三叠纪钦利地层的植物化石进行埋藏学分析，以实现两个目标：1）解决有关气候和植物群生长的物理环境其他方面的争议，2）证明埋藏学技术在截然不同的环境中的适用性从迄今为止的研究来看。 研究还将有助于我们了解超级大陆盘古大陆时期的世界古气候。 通过实地和实验室工作，将在地质背景下研究植物区系，记录坏死、生物地层和成岩过程的影响，并解释其含义。