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• Fossil assemblage
  Fossil assemblages, or faunal assemblages, are simply groups of fossils found toge * [http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/succession.html Principle of fossil succession]
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• Fossil assemblage
  Fossil assemblages, or faunal assemblages, are simply groups of fossils found toge * [http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/succession.html Principle of fossil succession]
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• Faunal assemblage
  #REDIRECT [[Fossil assemblage]]
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• Stratigraphic and geographic distribution of fossils
  ...m Hebei Province, China. Courtesy The [http://www.fossilmuseum.net Virtual Fossil Museum].]] ...based on knowing the distribution of fossil species in time and space. All fossil species persisted for a limited geologic duration and were restricted in ha
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• Morphometric and particle analysis
  ...ent ancient environments can only be inferred from morphologic analysis of fossil populations.<ref name=ch17r76>Scott, G. H., 1980, The value of outline proc ...e in fossil shape and environmental and stratigraphic data is established, fossil morphology can increase confidence in geologic correlation and paleoenviron
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• Taphonomy and provenance
  ...c study can help identify variations in ''provenance'', or source area, of fossil-bearing sediments.<ref name=ch17r55>Lawrence, D. R., 1979, Taphonomy, in Fa Several characteristics of fossil deposits are clues to [[erosion]], transport, and reworking of older fossil
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• EMD Coal Committee
  ...ce-fossil-energy-and-carbon-management US Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management]
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• Molecular fossils
  ...iably associated with one or a few biotic antecedents. The term “molecular fossil” is limited here to compounds used to identify source organisms and to in ...ently valid in select cases, is based on analogy: we can infer a molecular fossil in a modern organism, identical to a compound from ancient strata, was deri
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• Paleoclimatology
  Because climate is a global phenomenon, the various [[lithofacies]] and [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]] that reflect climate in the time interval of interes ...ints on their leaves to facilitate rainwater drainage; similar features on fossil leaves can be taken to suggest a similar paleoenvironment.
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• Quantitative paleoenvironmental analysis
  * Clarify the definition of significant [[Fossil assemblage|assemblages]] One of the most popular methods of recognizing [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies assemblages]] is cluster analysis. This method arrange
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• Biostratigraphic applications
  Paleontologists have traditionally used fossil data to provide information about the relative age, stratigraphic correlati
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• Geology
  ...and their correlation. It must rely on [[paleontology]] for evidence from fossil remains and on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrology petrology] for compo ...and animals to aid in deciphering the history of organic evolution left by fossil remains. Mathematics, particularly geometry and trigonometry, enables one t
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• Identifying depositional sequences from biostratigraphic data
  * [[Fossil assemblage|Biofacies]] ...]] system, the accumulated sediments may be characterized by a decrease in fossil abundance due to dilution and environmental stress.<ref name=ch04r87>Shaffe
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• Identifying sea level cycle phase with biostratigraphy
  ...asing fossil abundance suggests falling relative sea level with consequent fossil dilution due to increasing sediment input. Because these strata are largely ...based on the dominant rock type and the pattern of fossil abundance and [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]].
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• Biostratigraphic correlation and age determination
  ...graphic Code]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 67, p. 841–875.</ref> The clustering of fossil extinctions often represents missing or condensed sections. Correlation of ...vidual species within assemblages can be used to characterize correlatable fossil “populations.”]]
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• Quantitative biostratigraphy
  ...standard that will overcome inconsistencies that may be encountered in the fossil record at particular locales. ...ill, 365 p.</ref> is a widely accepted deterministic technique for ranking fossil occurrences according to the geological time represented in a set of refere
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• Paleogeography
  ...f age-equivalent lithofacies, [[Seismic facies mapping|seismic facies]], [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]], and thickness of reservoir-quality rocks.
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• Thermal maturation
  The following table shows which fossil material changes appearance due to thermal stress and therefore can be used ! Fossil Material
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• Suggested pages
  ** [[Fossil assemblage]]
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• Definitions of depositional system elements
  A biofacies is an [[Fossil assemblage|assemblage]] of organisms (living or fossil) found together because they responded to similar environmental conditions. ...sive surfaces. Intervals with high rates of sedimentation usually have low fossil abundances due to dilution and are often associated with sequence boundarie
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• Paleontologic data
  ...two approaches are frequently combined. In order of increasing precision, fossil occurrences can be expressed in terms of the following:
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