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Ichnology is the study of traces produced by organisms (animals, plants and microbes) on or within a substrate. It deals with all aspects related to modern (neoichnology) and fossil traces (paleoichnology), bioturbation and bioerosion, and is interdisciplinary in combining sedimentological, paleontological, biological and ecological methods. It complements and constrains sedimentological interpretations and serves as a powerful tool in reservoir characterization .
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Knaust, D. (2017). Ichnological Basics, Principles and Concepts. In: Atlas of Trace Fossils in Well Core . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49837-9_2
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