{"id":6959,"date":"2021-07-28T17:55:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/?page_id=6959"},"modified":"2021-07-28T17:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:25:41","slug":"gs-666-applied-ichnology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.geos.iitb.ac.in\/index.php\/gs-666-applied-ichnology\/","title":{"rendered":"GS 666 Applied Ichnology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6959\" class=\"elementor elementor-6959\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50c25ee elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50c25ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-856a3c1\" data-id=\"856a3c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b8e932 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b8e932\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-214591e\" data-id=\"214591e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1f26bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c1f26bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.3 - 28-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GS 666: Applied Ichnology<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-834bdb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"834bdb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Syllabus\u200b<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ccc168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ccc168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.3 - 28-12-2021 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Characteristics of trace fossils, preservation, ethology, trophic behaviour. Ichnotaxonomy: classification, ichnotaxobases, composite and compound ichnotaxa, hierarchies. Palaeobiology of trace fossils: modes of life, locomotion and burrowing mechanisms, movement ecology. Ichnofacies models and limitations. Ichnofabric methods: bioturbation, tiering, ichnoguilds, constraints. Palaeoecology: environmental parameters, taphonomy, ichnodiversity, ichnodisparity, ecosystem engineering. Sedimentary environments and their influences on trace makers and vice versa. Reservoir depositional modelling. Ichnology in sequence stratigraphy. Applications of trace fossils in biostratigraphy, anthropology, and geoarchaeology. Ichnological evolution through geologic time: Cruziana ichnostratigraphy, arthrophycid stratigraphy, tetrapod trackways, hominid tracks. Well-core and outcrop analysis of trace fosssils.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ddbb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61ddbb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texts\/References<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cca693 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cca693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li>Buatois, L.A. and Mangano, M.G., 2011. Ichnology: Organism-substrate interactions in space and time. Cambridge University Press, 358p. (N.B. The main textbook)\n<\/li>\n \t<li>Knaust, D. and Bromley, R.G. (Eds.), 2012. Trace fossils as indicators of sedimentary environments. Developments in\u00a0Sedimentology, 64, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 924p. \n<\/li>\n \t<li>Seilacher, A., 2007. Trace\u00a0Fossil Analysis. Springer. Berlin, 226p. (N.B. For practical identification and taxonomy of trace fossils)\n<\/li>\n \t<li>Knaust, D., 2017. Atlas of trace fossils in well core: appearance, taxonomy and interpretation. Springer. (N.B. For practical identification and taxonomy of trace fossils)<\/li>\n \t<li>Bromley, R.G., 2012. Trace fossils: biology, taxonomy and applications. Routledge \/ Taylor &amp; Francis, 341p.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GS 666: Applied Ichnology Syllabus\u200b Characteristics of trace fossils, preservation, ethology, trophic behaviour. Ichnotaxonomy: classification, ichnotaxobases, composite and compound ichnotaxa, hierarchies. Palaeobiology of trace fossils: modes of life, locomotion and burrowing mechanisms, movement ecology. Ichnofacies models and limitations. Ichnofabric methods: bioturbation, tiering, ichnoguilds, constraints. Palaeoecology: environmental parameters, taphonomy, ichnodiversity, ichnodisparity, ecosystem engineering. 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