Part I History, Concepts, and Methods1. A History of Ideas in Ichnology, Andrea Baucon, et al.2. Ichnotaxonomy: Finding Patterns in a Welter of Information, Andrew K. Rindsberg3. Trace-Fossil Systematics, Dirk Knaust4. The Ichnofacies Paradigm, James A. MacEachern, et al.5. The Ichnofabric Concept, Allan A. Ekdale, et al.6. Sequence Stratigraphy, James A. MacEachern et al.7. Ichnostratigraphy, M. Gabriela Mángano, et al.8. Microbioerosion, Max Wisshak9. Methodology and Techniques, Dirk Knaust10. Marine Invertebrate Neoichnology, Shahin E. Dashtgard and Murray K. Gingras

Part II Continental and Glacial Systems11. Glacial Environments, Renata G. Netto, et al.12. Fluvial Environments, Ricardo N. Melchor, et al.13. Lacustrine Environments, Jennifer J. Scott, et al.14. Aeolian Environments, Allan A. Ekdale and Richard G. Bromley

Part III Shallow-Marine Siliciclastic Systems15. Rocky Shorelines, Jordi M. de Gibert, et al.16. Estuaries, Murray K. Gingras, et al.17. Deltas, Nicola S. Tonkin18. Tidal Flats and Subtidal Sand Bodies, Patricio R. Desjardins, et al.19. Shorefaces, S. George Pemberton, et al.

Part IV Deep-Marine Siliciclastic Systems20. Slopes, Stephen M. Hubbard, et al.21. Deep-Sea Fans, Alfred Uchman and Andreas Wetzel22. Hemipelagic and Pelagic Basin Plains, Andreas Wetzel and Alfred UchmanPart V Marine Carbonate Systems23. Shallow-Marine Carbonates, Dirk Knaust, et al.24. Reefs and Mounds, Leif Tapanila and Pat Hutchings25. Chalk and Related Deep-Marine Carbonates, Charles E. Savrda26. Mixed Siliciclastic/Carbonate Systems, John-Paul Zonneveld, et al.

Part VI Ichnology in Hydrocarbon-Reservoir and Aquifer Characterization27. Porosity and Permeability in Bioturbated Sediments, Murray K. Gingras, et al.

Integration of ichnological information into sedimentological models, and vice versa, is one of the main means by which we can improve our understanding of ancient depositional environments. Mainly intended for sedimentologists, this book aims to make ichnological methods as part of facies interpretation more popular, providing an analytical review of the ichnology of all major depositional environments and the use of ichnology in biostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic analysis.

It starts with an introduction to the historical aspect of ichnology, introducing common concepts and methods, and then continues with parts treating the main depositional systems from continental, shallow-marine and deep-marine siliciclastics, and marine carbonates. The last part is dedicated to the ichnology in hydrocarbon reservoir and aquifer characterization.