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- noun The study of the spatial and temporal distribution of fossil organisms, often interpolated with radiometric, geochemical, and paleoenvironmental information as a means of dating rock strata.
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- noun biology, geology The study of the
stratigraphic distribution offossils
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Examples
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Jack worked in many different areas of vertebrate paleontology during his long career, but he is best known for his pioneering research on the Tertiary mammals and biostratigraphy of west Texas and Mexico.
John A. Wilson, 1914 - 2008 ReBecca Foster 2008
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Jack worked in many different areas of vertebrate paleontology during his long career, but he is best known for his pioneering research on the Tertiary mammals and biostratigraphy of west Texas and Mexico.
Archive 2008-10-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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He noted that he has published several articles with Lucas related to stratigraphy and biostratigraphy.
Archive 2008-03-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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He noted that he has published several articles with Lucas related to stratigraphy and biostratigraphy.
Hypocrites ReBecca Foster 2008
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Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction at Yaxcopoil-1 drill hole Chicxulub crater, Yucatan Peninsula.
Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit 2006
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Biomarkers, first and last appearances of species and acmes, appropriately tested globally form the basis of biostratigraphy and age dating in conjunction with paleomagnetic and radiometric dates.
Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit 2006
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As for biostratigraphy, the mass-extinction of foraminifers and nannofossils approximates the K/T boundary much more accurate.
Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit 2006
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But even if these forms turn out to be true foraminifers – and Arz et al 2004 have shown that there are a few reworked specimens in that core interval – then those occur in a cross-bedded sandstone and are, therefore, by definition reworked, and cannot be used for biostratigraphy.
Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit 2006
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Is Smit really so out of it with the current status of biostratigraphy?
Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit 2006
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This agreement among biostratigraphers for the placement of the KT boundary in the Brazos section alone shows that evidently biostratigraphy works very well across different microfossil groups.
Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit 2006
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