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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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• 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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• Stable isotope stratigraphy
  ...of deep-ocean hydraulic piston coring have permitted, through analysis of fossil carbonate shells, a rapid, cost-effective, and precise estimation of the is ...sup>87</sup>Sr/⁸⁶Sr age estimates based on isotopic analysis of fossil calcareous shell material for a section of a high-latitude exploration well
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• Coal
  ...bundant and lowest cost [https://www.udemy.com/blog/types-of-fossil-fuels/ fossil fuel] source of energy; coal reserves are 5 times as large as either oil or
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• Biogeography
  * Difficulty in distinguishing local differences in the composition of fossil communities from those produced by geographic separation
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• Pressure compartment seals
  ...is more difficult for a seal to dissolve than to form. If so, there may be fossil seals that reflect previous isotherms in the basin.
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• Gas hydrates
  ...in gas hydrates is a factor of two larger than the carbon present in known fossil fuel deposits ([[coal]], [[oil]], and [[natural gas]]).<ref name=Kvenvolden
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• Introduction to biosteering operation
  ...on the first occurrence (FO) and last occurrence (LO) of a specific index fossil range. B and F) Interval zone, using two index taxa, where the lower bounda ...r units that separate the reservoir from the confining layers based on the fossil content.<ref name=Payneetal_1999>Payne, S. N. J., Ewen, D. F. & Bowman, M.
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• Guará Formation
  ...s correlated unit in Uruguayan territory (Batoví Member) has a diversified fossil content, represented by gastropods, crocodilian reptiles, fish and semionot
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• Systems tracts identification
  ...sociated with open marine faunas and floras interpreted as upper bathyal [[Fossil assemblage|assemblages]]. The occurrences of ''Glob alt'' coincident with t
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• Mapping unconformities
  ...5–425.</ref> The trap (illustrated below) is a combination valley wall and fossil [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filt
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• Depositional trap regime
  ...consisting largely of clean lime [[mudstone]] with relatively little macro-fossil debris.
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• Hydrocarbon
  ...ons include [[coal]], petroleum, and natural gas. These are often known as fossil fuels because they are the remains of animals and plants which died million
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• Nuclear power
  ...intain costly systems to keep their radioactivity from the environment. If fossil-fuel plants were similarly required to sequester the pollutants they genera
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• Plate tectonics and basin formation
  * Cynognathus fossil, a reptile that lived about 240 million years ago and was found in the Sout * Mesosaurus fossil, a reptile that lived in freshwater lakes and rivers that lived about 260 m
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• Systems tracts and trap types
  .... By using the stratal stacking pattern, supplemented by lithofacies and [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]] data, depositional environments can be properly iden
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• FWhitehurst sandbox
  * fossil fuel https://www.udemy.com/blog/types-of-fossil-fuels/
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• Hydroelectric power
  ...countries with limited [https://www.udemy.com/blog/types-of-fossil-fuels/ fossil fuel] resources. It has been found that this was not always the case.
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• Austin Chalk, onshore U.S. Gulf Coast
  Classic sedimentologic studies on the Austin Chalk are based on trace fossil records from outcrops in Ellis County, northeastern Texas (Dawson, 1985, 19
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• Example: mapping depocenters through time
  ...ntervals A, B, D, and E. These were constructed by correlating wells using fossil extinction events and grids of interpreted seismic reflection profiles. The
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• Sandstone
  ...stable cratonic environments such as eolian, beach and shelf environments. Fossil preservation is poor, but trace fossils such as burrows of the skoltihos fa
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• Relating traps to paleogeography
  ...alt'' reservoirs occur basinward of the lowstand middle-to-outer neritic [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]] boundary [approximately [[length::600 ft]] (200 m) w
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• Structural exploration: thrust belt example
  ...saroka thrust. From Lamerson<ref name=Lamerson_1982>Lamerson, P. R., 1982, Fossil basin area and its relationship to the Absaroka thrust fault system, ''in''
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• Petroleum source rocks
  ...organic residue preserved in rocks and available for thermal conversio to fossil fuels represents only a small proportion of the original biological input.
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• East Breaks reservoir rock
  ...isochron]] maps, seismic facies maps, well-log cross sections, cuttings, [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]], and cores have been used to construct a depositiona
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• Contourites
  As for the fossil content, it depends on the parent material reworked, being common remains o
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• Structurally complex reservoirs: evaluation
  ...ction. (From Lammerson.<ref name=Lammerson1982>Lammerson, P. R., 1982, The Fossil basin and its relationship to the Absaroka thrust system, Wyoming & Utah, i
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• Phanerozoic Tethys region
  The scanty fossil record makes reconstruction of Cambrian paleobiogeography difficult. This f ...ershed, R. P., and Stankiewicz, B. A., 1998, The molecular preservation of fossil arthropod cuticles: Ancient Biomolecules, v. 2, p. 135–146.</ref> were al
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• Depositional environments
  ...y in meandering rivers. And fluvial deposits can also contain a variety of fossil hard parts of terrestrial animals and also trace fossils which are created
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• Paraná Basin
  ...lishment of the Triassic System in the Paraná Basin presents a link to the fossil rich package of the Santa Maria Formation, which occurs in the southern por
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• White paper: Hydraulic fracturing
  ...his advancement has significantly increased the available global volume of fossil fuel resources.
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• Mudstone nomenclature
  ...434 p.</ref><ref>Boardman, R. S., A. H. Cheetham, and A. J. Rowell, 1987, Fossil invertebrates: Boston, Blackwell, 713 p.</ref><ref> Wever, P. De., P. Dumit ...a direct weathering product or an authigenic precipitate in pore spaces or fossil tests. When kaolinite contributes more than 50% to a fine-grained rock, the
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• Diagenetically complex reservoir evaluation
  ...depositional environment as reflected in lithologies, textural properties, fossil content, and sedimentary structures (see [[Lithofacies and environmental an
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