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Trace Fossils: Biology, Taxonomy and Applications

Richard G. Bromley

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One Neoichnology.- 1 Animal-sediment relationships.- 2 Sediment stirrers.- 3 The work of worms (mostly).- 4 Some celebrated burrowers.- 5 The synecology of bioturbation.- Two Palaeoichnology.- 6 The fossilization barrier.- 7 Some ichnological principles.- 8 Ichnotaxonomy and classification.- 9 Stratinomy, toponomy and ethology of trace fossils.- 10 Trace fossil assemblages, diversity and facies.- 11 Ichnofabric and trace fossils in core.- 12 Solving problems with trace fossils.- 13 Conclusion.- References.

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One Neoichnology.- 1 Animal-sediment relationships.- 2 Sediment stirrers.- 3 The work of worms (mostly).- 4 Some celebrated burrowers.- 5 The synecology of bioturbation.- Two Palaeoichnology.- 6 The fossilization barrier.- 7 Some ichnological principles.- 8 Ichnotaxonomy and classification.- 9 Stratinomy, toponomy and ethology of trace fossils.- 10 Trace fossil assemblages, diversity and facies.- 11 Ichnofabric and trace fossils in core.- 12 Solving problems with trace fossils.- 13 Conclusion.- References.

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One Neoichnology.- 1 Animal-sediment relationships.- 2 Sediment stirrers.- 3 The work of worms (mostly).- 4 Some celebrated burrowers.- 5 The synecology of bioturbation.- Two Palaeoichnology.- 6 The fossilization barrier.- 7 Some ichnological principles.- 8 Ichnotaxonomy and classification.- 9 Stratinomy, toponomy and ethology of trace fossils.- 10 Trace fossil assemblages, diversity and facies.- 11 Ichnofabric and trace fossils in core.- 12 Solving problems with trace fossils.- 13 Conclusion.- References.

Key concepts: Trace fossil, Bioturbation, Ichnology, TRACE (psycholinguistics), Facies, Paleontology, Fossilization, Geology

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