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Bilingual glossary of geology


Fossil  Fossile
Any remains, trace, or imprint of an organism of past geologic ages that has been preserved in the crust (adapted from: Grotzinger et al., 2007).

Themes:
  Dating methods and geological time scale

Related words:
  Trace Fossil (syn.: Ichnofossil)