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 //Details of palynological components and their proportions in terrestrial and marine settings (courtesy of Katrin Ruckwied, Shell).// //Details of palynological components and their proportions in terrestrial and marine settings (courtesy of Katrin Ruckwied, Shell).//
  
-**Palynofacies** - A term often seen in conjunction with typical biostratigraphic reports is "palynofacies". This is a quantitative technique which examines not only the various species of palynomorph that make up an assemblage, but also the other organic matter (kerogen) contained within a palynological preparation. It also assesses - by means of measuring the colour of certain palynological objects such as spores - the degree of thermal change that the sample has undergone during burial. Palynofacies can provide a detailed paleoenvironmental breakdown of a succession when trends in these signals can be plotted. +**Palynofacies** - A term often seen in conjunction with typical biostratigraphic reports is "palynofacies". This is a quantitative technique which examines not only the various species of palynomorph that make up an assemblage, but also the other organic matter (kerogen) contained within a palynological preparation. It also assesses - by means of measuring the colour of certain palynological objects such as spores - the degree of thermal change that the sample has undergone during burial. Palynofacies can provide a detailed paleoenvironmental breakdown of a succession when trends in these signals can be plotted. 
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 +The uses of colour in fossils to determine thermal maturity is covered in more detail here [**NEED LINK**] 
  
 A combination of data based on different microfossil (or macrofossil) groups is the most powerful tool for determining paleoenvironments. A combination of data based on different microfossil (or macrofossil) groups is the most powerful tool for determining paleoenvironments.
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