Essays about: "Micropaleontology"

Found 2 essays containing the word Micropaleontology.

1. 1. Diatom distribution in the lower Save river, Mozambique : Taxonomy, salinity gradient and taphonomy

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Marie Christiansson; [2016]
   Keywords : Diatoms; Quaternary geology; micropaleontology; taphonomy; taxonomy; siliceous microfossils;

   Abstract : In this study diatom distribution within the lower Save River, Mozambique, has been identified from surface sediments, surface water, mangrove cortex and buried sediments. Sandy units, bracketing a geographically extensive clay layer, have been dated with optical stimulated luminescence (OSL). READ MORE

3. 2. The first study of the micro-fauna of middle Cambrian olistoliths in the Argentine Precordillera

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Elise Fahlgren; Maria Tranvik; [2015]
   Keywords : Olistolith; Burgess Shale-type preservation; middle Cambrian; Precordillera; Micropaleontology;

   Abstract : This study implies a survey of a somewhat unexplored Cambrian carbonate formation in the Argentine Precordillera (AP) located in western Argentina, close to the city of San José de Jáchal. The carbonate platform of the AP is a unique piece of the South American geology and is in this study partly surveyed and compared with the Stephen Formation of northern Canada, a middle Cambrian unit renowned for its contents of exceptionally well preserved soft bodied fossils named the Burgess Shale biota. READ MORE