Mangrove Ichnology of the Bay of Bengal Coast, Eastern India

Description

This book focuses on the world’s largest mangrove delta complex, located at Sundarban, a world heritage site, and on the relatively new and rapidly expanding scientific discipline of ichnology. In addition to presenting a range of ichnological research databases that are widely applicable to multidisciplinary research fields in geology, biophysics, biology, ecology, geomorphology and the marine and environmental sciences, it addresses the global concern of rising sea levels to explain growing ecological problems, from the mass mortality of coastal organisms and rapid loss of mangrove forest wealth, to widespread coastal and riverbank erosion. It also demonstrates the value of applying new ichnological tools to coastal geotechnical planning and programming, and to groundwater exploration. Thus, the book addresses a broad readership including earth scientists from various disciplines, state administrators and members of the general public. Front Matter ....Pages i-liv Introduction (Chirananda De)....Pages 1-40 Common Trace-Making Endobenthic Invertebrates (Chirananda De)....Pages 41-48 Descriptive Ichnology (Chirananda De)....Pages 49-158 Biophysical Mechanism of Crab Burrowing (Chirananda De)....Pages 159-190 Environmental Zonation (Chirananda De)....Pages 191-201 Preservation of Traces (Chirananda De)....Pages 203-210 Ichnofacies and Ichnofabrics (Chirananda De)....Pages 211-231 Geological and Geotechnical Significance (Chirananda De)....Pages 233-276 Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations (Chirananda De)....Pages 277-286 Back Matter ....Pages 287-302