Essays about: "faunal assemblages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words faunal assemblages.

1. 1. Animals in burial contexts : an investigation of Norse rituals and human-animal relationships during the Vendel Period and Viking Age in Uppland, Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Hannah Strehlau; [2018]
   Keywords : human-animal relationships; burial ritual; Scandinavia; Vendel Period; Viking Age;

   Abstract : The deposition of animals in graves was an essential aspect of burial practice in Scandinavia during the Vendel Period and Viking Age (550–1050 AD). While this rite occurs in many different regions, it is most clearly observed in the boat-graves from the famous cemeteries in Swedish Uppland, such as Vendel and Valsgärde, as well as in a number of high-status cremation graves. READ MORE

3. 2. An exploratory study of Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age site locations in Kenya’s Central Rift Valley using landscape analysis : a GIS approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Angela Kabiru; [2017]
   Keywords : geography; geographical information systems; archaeology; Kenya; Central Rift Valley; landscape analysis; Middle Stone Age; Later Stone Age; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Kenyan central rift has witnessed dramatic climatic changes over relatively short periods of time in response to global climatic changes, with the water levels of the lakes within the rift rising and falling with these changing conditions. There is considerable evidence showing extreme wet and dry phases throughout their existence. READ MORE

4. 3. A comparsion of size fractions in faunal assemblages of deep-water benthic foraminifera : a case study from the coast of SW-Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Oliver Björnfors; [2014]
   Keywords : Benthic; foraminifera; upwelling; size fraction; faunal assemblages; marine geology; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Foraminifera are abundant in the marine sediment in all of the worlds’s oceans and offer a valuable proxy method to reconstruct water depth, circulation, productivity and deep water aeration. The choice of size fraction used when studying benthic foraminifera in upwelling areas are important. READ MORE

5. 4. Paleoecology and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian), marine strata at Åsen, Kristianstad Basin, Southern Sweden, Scania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Faisal Javed Iqbal; [2013]
   Keywords : Campanian; Belemnellocamax mammilatus Zone; Belemnellocamax balsvikensis Zone; Brachiopods; Bivalves; Belemnites; Bryozoans; Barnacle; Sea urchin; corals; coprolites; shark teeth; vertebrate fossils; XRF; Sr Ca; Steinkern; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Campanian marine strata from Åsen, north east part of the Kristianstad Basin (southern Sweden) contain a most diverse vertebrate and invertebrate marine fossil assemblages. A diverse fossil fauna was collected from Campanian deposits from a ca. 4.15m thick section during June-August 2010-2012. READ MORE

6. 5. Upper Ordovician through lowermost Silurian stratigraphy and facies of the Borenshult-1 core, Östergötland, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Amir Noor; [2010]
   Keywords : Borenshult-1 core; palaeoclimate; upper Ordovician; sea-level; GICE; HICE; Baltoscandia; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Ordovician is an important period in the Phanerozoic, with remarkable faunal turnovers, several major carbon isotope excursions, and shifting climate. The strata of this time period not only re-veal these events but also provide useful information about the palaeoclimate and sea-level. READ MORE