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With 'contained in', this search works the way it always has. With 'majority overlap', it selects collections with more than 50% of their age span lying within the specified range. With 'defined', it selects collections which use the specified interval(s) in their stratigraphic definition.
Paleoenvironment:
-- General --
marine indet.
terrestrial indet.
-- Carbonate marine --
carbonate indet.
peritidal
shallow subtidal indet.
open shallow subtidal
lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
sand shoal
reef, buildup or bioherm
perireef or subreef
intrashelf/intraplatform reef
platform/shelf-margin reef
slope/ramp reef
basin reef
deep subtidal ramp
deep subtidal shelf
deep subtidal indet.
offshore ramp
offshore shelf
offshore indet.
slope
basinal (carbonate)
basinal (siliceous)
-- Siliciclastic marine --
marginal marine indet.
coastal indet.
estuary/bay
lagoonal
paralic indet.
delta plain
interdistributary bay
delta front
prodelta
deltaic indet.
foreshore
shoreface
transition zone/lower shoreface
offshore
coastal indet.
submarine fan
basinal (siliciclastic)
basinal (siliceous)
basinal (carbonate)
deep-water indet.
-- Terrestrial --
terrestrial indet.
fluvial indet.
alluvial fan
channel lag
coarse channel fill
fine channel fill
"channel"
wet floodplain
dry floodplain
"floodplain"
crevasse splay
levee
mire/swamp
fluvial-lacustrine indet.
delta plain
fluvial-deltaic indet.
lacustrine - large
lacustrine - small
pond
crater lake
lacustrine delta plain
lacustrine interdistributary bay
lacustrine delta front
lacustrine prodelta
lacustrine deltaic indet.
lacustrine indet.
dune
interdune
loess
eolian indet.
cave
fissure fill
sinkhole
karst indet.
tar
mire/swamp
spring
glacial
Lithology:
lithified
poorly lithified
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metamorphosed
not reported
"siliciclastic"
claystone
mudstone
"shale"
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sandstone
gravel
conglomerate
breccia
"mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
marl
lime mudstone
chalk
travertine
wackestone
packstone
grainstone
"reef rocks"
floatstone
rudstone
bafflestone
bindstone
framestone
"limestone"
dolomite
"carbonate"
calcareous ooze
chert
diatomite
silicious ooze
radiolarite
amber
coal
peat
lignite
subbituminous coal
bituminous coal
anthracite
coal ball
tar
evaporite
gypsum
phosphorite
pyrite
ironstone
siderite
phyllite
slate
schist
quartzite
"volcaniclastic"
ash
tuff
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ETE
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micropaleontology
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paleoentomology
taphonomy
vertebrate
eODP
collection comments
collection dates
collection excludes
collection methods
collection reason
collectors
geography comments
geology comments
list comments
lithology adjective
lithology description
local section
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sequence stratigraphy
size of fossils
spatial resolution
stratigraphy comments
taphonomy comments
temporal resolution
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