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This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised faeces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues.</p> <p>Biostratigraphy uses those fossils, tracks, and other finds in an effort to figure out how old a certain layer of rock and sediment is.</p> <p>Once a petroleum geologists knows how old a particular area is, they know the potential for finding natural resources such as oil or natural gas.</p></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> </div><div id="lt-4279470-links" class="mtop"> <div id="dnn_ctr4279_View_ctl00_ctl01_LiveTabsiMod4281"><div class="DnnModule DnnModule-DNN_HTML DnnModule-4281 DnnVersionableControl"><a name="4281"></a> <div class="No_Title_White"><div id="dnn_ctr4279_View_ctl00_ctl01_ctr4281_contentpane"><div id="dnn_ctr4279_View_ctl00_ctl01_ctr4281_ModuleContent" class="DNNModuleContent ModDNNHTMLC"> <div id="dnn_ctr4279_View_ctl00_ctl01_ctr4281_HtmlModule_lblContent"><p><a href="http://www.paleoportal.org/" target="_blank">The Paleontology Portal</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.palaeos.com/" target="_blank">Palaeos: The Trace of Life on Earth</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.museumoftheearth.org/" target="_blank">Paleontological Research Association Museum of the Earth</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.paleosoc.org/" target="_blank">The Paleontological Society</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cushmanfoundation.org/" target="_blank">The Cushman Foundation</a> </p> <p><a href="http://palaeo-electronica.org/" target="_blank">Palaeontologia Electronica</a> </p> <p><a href="http://ipa.geo.ku.edu/index1.html" target="_blank">International Palaeontological Association</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.palynology.org/" target="_blank">American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ina/" target="_blank">The International Nannoplankton Association</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.micropress.org/" target="_blank">Micropaleontology Press</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.palass.org/" target="_blank">The Palaeontological Association</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.paleo.ku.edu/" target="_blank">University of Kansas Paleontological Institute</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tms/" target="_blank">The Micropalaeontological Society</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.bluebeachfossilmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Blue Beach Fossil Museum</a> </p></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div></div> <div id="dnn_Right4PaneSubmenu" class="Right4Pane Right4PaneSubmenu"><div class="DnnModule DnnModule-DDRMenu DnnModule-4252"><a name="4252"></a> <div class="no_title_light_area"> <div class="no_title_light_content"> <div id="dnn_ctr4252_contentpane" class="content_pad"> <h3>Geology and Petroleum</h3><div id="dnn_ctr4252_ModuleContent" class="DNNModuleContent ModDDRMenuC"> <style> .h3_dark_content ul ul {margin:10px 0 0 10px !important;} .Right3Pane .no_title_light_content li, .Right4Pane .no_title_light_content li {margin: 0;} .Right3Pane .no_title_light_content .ModDDRMenuC ul li + li, .Right4Pane .no_title_light_content .ModDDRMenuC ul li + li {margin-top: 10px;} .ui-tabs-panel .xmp-form a.dnnSecondaryAction, .ui-tabs-panel .xmp-form span.dnnInputFileWrapper.dnnSecondaryAction{ display: inline-block !important; 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