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• Calcareous microfossils
  ...n of nannoliths is uncertain, but these calcite bodies are associated with fossil coccoliths assemblages in marine sediments and are also organically derived
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• Paleontology
  ...l]] continuity and physical and chronostratigraphic equivalency of strata. Fossil assemblages are also evidence of the [[depositional environments]] of the d ...umb|{{figure number|1}}Example of paleontological data from a well showing fossil assemblages and interbedded paleoecology. Abbreviations for bioevents (pale
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• Biofacies and changing sea level
  Biofacies are identified by an [[Fossil assemblage|assemblage of fossils]] and are interpreted to reflect a specifi The lowering of sea level moves the water mass- and substrate-linked [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies assemblages]] seaward—possibly far enough to place t
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• Sampling for paleontology
  * Adjust sampling size to the fossil group being used. The following chart gives rough approximations of the qua ! Fossil Group
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• Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration
  ...y continue to be used for at least the next 25 to 50 years. The burning of fossil fuels is, however, the major source of anthropogenic (man-made) carbon diox ...ger source, accounting for one-third of total CO₂ emissions, is fossil-fueled power production. The types of power plants that are best suited to
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• Recognizing stacked depositional sequences from well data
  * biostratigraphic data such as microfossil abundance patterns and [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]] distribution In the GOM basin, variations in well-log response and [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]] distribution are analyzed for recognition of stacked
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• Natural hydraulic fracturing example, North Sea
  * A fossil [[oil—water contact]] exists at the [[Syncline|synclinal]] [[spill point]
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• Palynofacies and kerogen analysis
  ...'palynofacies'' to describe the total organic content of a palynological [[Fossil assemblage|assemblage]] (e.g., tracheids, woody tissue, microplankton, micr ...otential for petroleum, in Brooks, J., ed., Organic Maturation Studies and Fossil Fuel Exploration: London, Academic Press, p. 201–223.</ref><ref name=ch17
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• Facies map
  Associated [[Foraminifera|foraminiferal]] [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]] shown in [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-27. ...-webster.com/dictionary/topset%20beds topset] elements of the clinoform. [[Fossil assemblage|Biofacies]] information ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4
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• Paleoenvironmental analysis
  ...ving relatives in modern environments and (2) studying the distribution of fossil taxa in well-controlled ancient examples. The data are interpreted on the b ...ne settings. Additionally, Lipps<ref name=ch17r57>Lipps, J. H., ed., 1993, Fossil Prokaryotes and Protists: London, Blackwell Scientific, 342 p.</ref> provid
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• Biostratigraphy in sequence stratigraphy
  ==Fossil assemblages in the systems tract== ...n be delineated by trends in the distribution, abundance, and diversity of fossil taxa and morphologic groups. Environmental changes within and between syste
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• Energy: historical sources
  Fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, and coal) can be the source of transportation fuel
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• Paleobathymetry
  ...anisms have the same, or very similar, environmental restrictions as their fossil relatives.<ref name=ch17r32>Dodd, J. R., and R. J. Stanton, 1981, Paleoecol ...relative abundance with depth and distance from shore and usually dominate fossil populations in pelagic environments.
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• Paleogeography and prospect identification
  # Map depositional facies such as [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]], net reservoir thickness (lithology or [[porosity]])
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• Microfossils in exploration
  ! Fossil Group
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• Irati Formation
  ...Lavina_E._L.,_1991 /> This allowed Alfred Lothar Wegener to use a specific fossil, a Mesosaurus reptile, as evidence of [[continental drift]]. This theory be
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• Palynomorphs (organic-walled microfossils)
  ...trine lacustrine] facies. The morphology and diversity of dinoflagellate [[Fossil assemblage|assemblages]] can be used to differentiate marine environments.
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• Statistical analysis in oil correlation
  ...askan oils, in Filby, R., H., Branthaver, J., F., eds., Metal complexes in fossil fuels: American Chemical Society Symposium Series 344, p. 135–145.</ref>
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• Continental drift
  * From fossil records: Wegener noted that some of the tropical plant fossils that where o
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• Biostratigraphic applications in hydrocarbon exploration
  Biostratigraphy is the study of the temporal and spatial distribution of fossil organisms throughout the geological time scale. This science is based on th ...solve the hiatus and the erosional period via the juxtaposition of younger fossil assemblage on older ones (this will also usually indicate a sudden shift in
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