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n. - The earth science that studies small fossil organisms and related remains using an optical instrument having a magnifying lens.

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  • In fact changing acidity and microorganisms response to the change forms the basis of most micropaleontology facies change mapping, etc.
  • Petroleum geologists, applying their or others' micropaleontology, exploited close correlations between the occurrence of trochospiral forams, often diagnosed...
  • Tracing the developments in the field of micropaleontology, Dr. Srinivasan dwelt on the Deep Sea Dr.lling Programme, and International Geo Science Programme.
  • Side-lining of systematic micropaleontology by the use of instrumentation techniques was not a healthy sign, he felt, urging senior scientists to appreciate and...
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