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ichnology
ichnology The study of the tracks, burrows, and other traces made by living organisms on and within a substrate. If the traces are recent and made by organisms that are still living, the study is called neoichnology. If the organisms are long disappeared and evidence of their presence is preserved as trace fossils, the study is called palaeoichnology.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "ichnology." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "ichnology." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-ichnology.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "ichnology." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-ichnology.html |
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ichnology
ichnology(palichnology) A subdiscipline of palaeontology or, more specifically, of palaeoecology, which is concerned with the study of trace fossils and their value in the analysis of sedimentary sequences and the morphology and behaviour of ancient organisms.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "ichnology." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "ichnology." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-ichnology.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "ichnology." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-ichnology.html |
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ichnology
ichnology see trace fossils and ichnology
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PAUL HANCOCK and BRIAN J. SKINNER. "ichnology." The Oxford Companion to the Earth. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PAUL HANCOCK and BRIAN J. SKINNER. "ichnology." The Oxford Companion to the Earth. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O112-ichnology.html PAUL HANCOCK and BRIAN J. SKINNER. "ichnology." The Oxford Companion to the Earth. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O112-ichnology.html |
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