- biofacies
- bio·facies
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biofacies
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biofacies — {{＃}}{{LM B05356}}{{〓}} {{［}}biofacies{{］}} ‹bio·fa·cies› {{◆}}(pl. biofacies){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{♂}}En paleontología, en un estrato,{{♀}} conjunto de caracteres representados por los fósiles que hay en él y que permiten deducir en qué… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
biofacies — “+ˌ noun Etymology: New Latin, from bi (II) + facies geology : a part of a stratigraphic unit in which the fossil fauna or flora differs significantly from that found elsewhere in the same unit … Useful english dictionary
sedimentary facies — Different, but contemporaneous and juxtaposed, sedimentary rocks. Terrigenous facies are accumulations of particles eroded from older rocks and transported to the depositional site. Biogenic facies are accumulations of whole or fragmented shells… … Universalium
Sedimentary rock — Middle Triassic marginal marine sequence of siltstones (below) and limestones (above), Virgin Formation, southwestern Utah, USA Sedimentary rock are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth s surface and within… … Wikipedia
Brooks Range — Geobox|Range name=Brooks Range image caption=Brooks Range from near Galbraith Lake country=United States |country1=Canada region=Alaska |region1=Yukon unit= border= length imperial=| length orientation= width imperial= | width orientation=… … Wikipedia
Facies — The term Facies can also refer to distinctive facial expressions associated with conditions such as Williams syndrome. In geology, facies are a body of rock with specified characteristics. [Reading (1996)] Ideally, a facies is a distinctive rock… … Wikipedia
Burgsvik beds — The Burgsvik beds are a sequence of shallow marine limestones and sandstones found near the town of Burgsvik in the southern part of Gotland, Sweden. The beds were deposited in the Upper Silurian period, around Ma|420, in warm, equatorial waters… … Wikipedia
geochronology — geochronologic /jee oh kron l oj ik/, geochronological, adj. geochronologist, n. /jee oh kreuh nol euh jee/, n. the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination. [1890 95; GEO + CHRONOLOGY] * * *… … Universalium
paleoecología — Estudia los sistemas de épocas pasadas con los métodos y conceptos de la ecología y de acuerdo a los datos que proporciona la paleontología. Se lo basa fundamentalmente en el estudio de las biofacies de un estrato que refleja las condiciones… … Diccionario ecologico
Megabias — This article is about the palæobiological phenomenon. For the band, see Megabias (band). A megabias, or a taphonomic megabias is a large scale pattern in the quality of the fossil record that affects paleobiologic analysis at provincial to global … Wikipedia
