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Geological Significance of Marine Biogenic Sedimentary Structures

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The “geological significance” of traces encompasses a huge range of topics; to survey the field even briefly would require an entire book and probably multiple authors. Fortunately a major review volume was published within the last decade (Frey, 1975), and a diversity of topics were addressed. In addition, the revised Volume W of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Häntzschel, 1975), which covers the systematics of trace fossils, also appeared recently. These two books have served to provide a solid base for research in trace fossils in terms of current systematics and concepts of classification, how traces are made and preserved, and the relation of traces to sedimentology, biostratigraphy, paleontology, and paleoecology.

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Byers, C.W. (1982). Geological Significance of Marine Biogenic Sedimentary Structures. In: McCall, P.L., Tevesz, M.J.S. (eds) Animal-Sediment Relations. Topics in Geobiology, vol 100. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1317-6_5

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