palynology
Sign in to savethumbnail|300px| Pine [[pollen under the microscope]] thumb|300px| A late Silurian [[sporangium bearing trilete spores. Such spores provide the earliest evidence of life on land. Green: A spore tetrad. Blue: A spore bearing a trilete mark – the Y-shaped scar. The spores are about 30–35 μm across.]]
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Palynology is the scientific study of pollen and spores, which are examined under microscopes to understand their structure and characteristics. This field matters because pollen and spores provide important evidence about past life on Earth, including some of the earliest evidence of life moving onto land.
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15 sectionsContents
- Palynomorphs
- Palynofacies
- History
- Early history
- 1890s to 1940s
- 1940s to 1989
- 1990s to the 21st century
- Methods of studying palynomorphs
- Chemical preparation
- Analysis
- Applications
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumbnail|300px| Pine [[pollen under the microscope]] thumb|300px| A late Silurian [[sporangium bearing trilete spores. Such spores provide the earliest evidence of life on land. Green: A spore tetrad. Blue: A spore bearing a trilete mark – the Y-shaped scar. The spores are about 30–35 μm across.]]
Palynology is the study of microorganisms and microscopic fragments of macroorganisms that are composed of acid-resistant organic material and occur in sediments, sedimentary rocks, and even some metasedimentary rocks. Palynomorphs are the microscopic, acid-resistant organic remains and debris produced by a wide variety of plants, animals, and Protista that have existed since the late Proterozoic.