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palynology and micropaleo Flashcards

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interdisciplinary science between geology and biology, particulary on botany

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palynology

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forms the exine of pollens and sporoderm of the spores and which consists in extremely resistant biological polymers

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sporopollenin

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most abundant fossil of terrestrial origanisms

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spores and pollens

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classified on laesurae

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spores

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a spore with 3 laesurae

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trilete

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a spore with one laesurae

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monolete

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classified on colpation or sulcation, male gametes produced by plants

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pollen grains

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age of earliest gymnosperm

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late devonian

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age of earliest angiosperm

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early cretaceous

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group of unicellular protists that are recognized by their golden brown chloroplasts (15-100 μm)

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dinoflagellates

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are defined as small, organic-walled microfossils of unknown biological affinity

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acritarchs

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large (50-200 μm) flask shaped palynomorphs

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chitinozoa

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unicellular microorganism with shells/tests mainly made up of calcium carbonate

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foraminifera

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temporary extensions on the surface of a microorganism

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pseudopods

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free floating foraminifer, in the upper 200 m water column, early jurassic

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planktonic

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bottom dwelling forams, early cambrian

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benthic

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single-celled phytoplanktons that live in the upper layers of ocean, surrounded by atleast 30 microscopic plating of carbonates (cocolith)

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cocolithophores

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individual carbonate platelet or ring screted by cocolithophores

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cocolith

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resting or dormant resting cell of dinoflagellate

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dynocyst

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when dinoflagellates reproduce rapidly

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red tide

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siliceous microfossils

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protists

22
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single most important group of oceanic primary producers, early jurassic

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diatoms (greek “diatomos” meaning “cut in two”)

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fine-grained higly siliceous rock rich in diatom’s remains called frustules

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diatomite

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open ocean, silica-secreting, zooplanktons
unique feature: central capsule - divides into endoplasma and ectoplasma
early cambrian

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radiolarians

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planktonic marine chromists that are both photosynthetic and heterotrophic, early creataceous

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silicoflagellate “golden algae”

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tests: built from organic matter and mineral cemented together by an organic calcareous cement

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agglutinated

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tests: made up of calcium carbonate or aragonite

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calcareous

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tests: calcareous wall whose shells have a clear or translucent appearance with tiny pores

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hyaline

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tests: composed of microscopic needles formed insed the foram and moved outside of the cell

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porcelaneous

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tests: made of tightly packed grains of calcium carbonate, but with no obvious cement

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microgranular

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tests: pore diameter less than 1 μm

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micro perforate

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tests: pore around 1-3 μm

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finely perforate

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tests: pores greater than 3 μm

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macro-perforate

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benthic forams on the surface

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epibenthos

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benthic forams buried in the surface

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endobenthos

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benthic: 0-1 cm depth in the sediments

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epifaunal

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benthic: 1-2 cm depth in the sediments

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shallow infaunal

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benthic: 2-3 cm depth in the sediments

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intermediate infaunal

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benthic: 3-15 cm depth in the sediments

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deep infaunal

40
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microorganism that swim or go against the currents

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nektonic

41
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study of the past climates

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paleoclimatology

42
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extent of heat driven reactions that alter the composition of organic matter

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thermal maturation

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