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Diatoms: applications Use of diatoms in biostratigraphy,coastal and estuarine studies, paleoceanology, paleoliminology, earthquake studies, environmental quality and forensic studies. Includes listing of USGS diatom projects and links to other diatom websites. (Score: 1.000)

Major fossil groups Discusses how fossils can be grouped and studied by size, habitat type, and phylogenetic groups. Shows how fossil classification groups are used to solve geologic problems at the USGS (Score: 1.000)

Megafossils: vertebrates - technique of paleontological analyses Brief description of vertebrates and use of their fossil bones and footprints to aid in dating strata in biostratigraphy and to decipher past climates and recreate ancient ecosystems in paleoecology, paleoclimatology and paleobiogeography. (Score: 1.000)

Mollusks Information on mollusks and uses of the identification of fossil mollusks in the fields of biostratigraphy, geochronology, paleocoeanography, paleoecology and ecosystems history. Links to experts and related USGS projects. (Score: 1.000)

Paleontology at the U.S. Geological Survey USGS Paleontology home page documenting the wide diversity in paleontologic studies and applications within the USGS. (Score: 1.000)

Vertebrates Information on vertebrate fossils and their use in paleontologic research in biostratigraphy, paleoclimatology, paleobiology, paleoecology, and earth history. (Score: 1.000)

Geochronology (Western Earth Surface Processes Team) Description of the methods of geochronology, the science of dating, used by USGS scientists in geological research. (Score: 0.690)

Early Paleozoic biochronology of the Great Basin, western United States Publication (PDF format)in three parts on the biostratigraphy and lithostratigraphy of the Ibexian Series in the North American Ordovician, with sections on the southern Egan Range, Nevada and the biostratigraphy of the eastern Great Basin. (Score: 0.509)

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Definition: Element of stratigraphy that deals with the distribution of fossils in the stratigraphic record and the organization of strata into units on the basis of their contained fossils. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]