Spring 2025 - EASC 622 G100
Principles of Ichnology (3)
Class Number: 2486
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Location: TBA
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Instructor:
James Maceachern
1 778 782-5388
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Prerequisites:
Advanced undergraduate sedimentology course.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The conceptual framework of ichnology with particular emphasis on the ethological (behavioral) classification of biogenic structures, as well as its applications to the ichnofacies concept and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the sedimentary record. Environmental stresses and organism responses will be integrated with conventional sedimentology to highlight the complex inter-relationships between infauna and the environments they inhabit. The genetic stratigraphic applications of ichnology will also be addressed.
Materials
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