Paleoenvironments
Paleoenvironments are the past environmental conditions in which organisms lived and interacted, inferred from the geological and fossil record. They encompass climate, hydrology, landforms, vegetation, and ecological context across different regions and time scales.
Reconstructing paleoenvironments relies on multiple lines of evidence or proxies. Sedimentary facies reveal depositional settings such
Paleoenvironments span marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms and include settings such as reefs, coastal margins, floodplains,
Applications include understanding long-term climate change, the evolution and distribution of organisms, past biogeographic corridors, and