Paleoecological Reconstruction of Depositional Environments —some Techniques of Possible Exploration Interest
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Organisms are extremely sensitive to many parameters of the physical environment, and their fossil remains may thus be used in the interpretation of ancient environments. Effective use of paleoecology depends on first determining what environmental parameters are of interest. Second, developing a model based on recent examples which can be tested on the fossil record, and third, testing the model on the record itself. Following this procedure, several methods for determining the depth of water in which deposition took place are considered.
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