Bathymetry of trace fossils

Seilacher, Adolf

doi:10.1016/0025-3227(67)90051-5

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“…In the following discussion we provide an overview of the recognized ichnofacies and an interpretation of the palaeoenvironments. The ichnofacies scheme was originally initiated by Seilacher (1964bSeilacher ( , 1967 and elaborated further by others (e.g., , Bromley & Asgaard 1991, Buatois & Mángano 2004.…”

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First records of trace fossils from the Lake District, southwestern Turkey

Nielsen¹,

Görmüş²,

M.³

et al. 2010

Bull. Geosci.

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Important new ichnological data was obtained from the Isparta Çay Formation (Triassic to early Cretaceous), Koçtepe Formation (middle Paleocene to Early Eocene), Isparta Formation (Early to Middle Eocene) and İncesu Formation (Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene). These formations are significantly exposed in the Eğirdir, Gönen and Isparta regions within the northern part of the Isparta Angle. An overview of the stratigraphy and its trace-fossil bearing formations and microfossil content is presented together with recommendations. The density and diversity of trace fossils vary between and within these formations, which originated in deep-marine shelf slope and shelf environments of the Neotethys ocean. Changes in the frequency of abrupt turbiditic deposition, oxygenation of the bottom water and possibly food availability are reflective in the trace fossil distribution. The trace fossils of the Isparta Çay, Koçtepe and Isparta formations are typical of deep-marine settings with occasional high-energy turbiditic conditions. The Isparta Çay Formation (Paleodictyon ichnosubfacies) is seen as the bedrocks of the region, whereas the Isparta Formation (Ophiomorpha rudis ichnosubfacies) overlies conformably the Koçtepe Formation (Nereites and Arenicolites ichnofacies). The İncesu Formation is laterally interlaced with the Isparta Formation. A high diversity of trace fossils occurs in the İncesu Formation (Zoophycos ichnofacies), which was formed in an outer shelf environment. Findings from previous ichnological investigations in Turkey are compiled and compared with the present results from the Isparta Angle

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Section: Discussion: Ethology and Ichnofaciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

First records of trace fossils from the Lake District, southwestern Turkey

Nielsen¹,

Görmüş²,

M.³

et al. 2010

Bull. Geosci.

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“…Palaeophycus is an eurybathic form and ap pears in dif ferent ichnofacies (Seilacher, 1967;MacEachern et al, 2007a). It oc curs both in shal low-and deep-sea en vi ron ments (McCann and Pickerill, 1988;Uchman and Tchoumatchenco, 2003;Carvalho et al, 2005;Kumpulainen et al, 2006).…”

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“…Thalassinoides be longs mostly to the Psilonichnus, Cruziana and Glossifungites ichnofacies but ap pears also in the Zoophycos and Nereites ichnofacies (Seilacher, 1967;MacEacher et al, 2007a). The en vi ron men tal dis tri bu tion of Thalassinoides ranges from tidal flat and shore line en vi ron ment to off shore outer shelf fa cies and deep-sea fans (Kim et al, 2002) and it is formed in firmground and hardgrounds (Myrow, 1995).…”

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“…Tak ing into ac count the great va ri ety of as well-depositional subenvironments as the trace fos sils as sem blages oc cur ring in shal low-ma rine siliciclastic, the clas sic model of ichnofacies (Seilacher, 1967;Frey and Seilacher, 1980) is of ten in suf fi cient for the de scrip tion of trace fos sil dis tri bu tion (see Uchman and Krenmayr, 2004). Ver ti cal trace fos sils that are abun dant in the Skolithos ichnofacies, oc cur also in the prox i mal and the ar chetypal Cruziana ichnofacies, es pe cially in the storm beds.…”

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“…Ichnological anal y sis is a wellknown source of in for ma tion on the be hav iour of the tracemaker as well as the sed i men tary con di tions (Seilacher, 1967(Seilacher, , 2007Bromley, 1996;Pem ber ton et al, 2001;McIlroy, 2004;Bromley et al, 2007;Miller, 2007;Buatois and Mángano, 2011;Knaust and Bromley, 2012). Trace fos sils are very good tools in re con struc tion of en vi ron ment be cause they are preserved in situ and their dis tri bu tion in en vi ron ments is con trolled by dif fer ent en vi ron men tal fac tors.…”

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Middle Turonian trace fossils from the Bystrzyca and Długopole sandstones

Chrząstek

2013

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The Mid dle Turonian sed i ments of the Nysa K³odzka Graben (Bystrzyca Sand stone in the Stara Bystrzyca out crop and the D³ugopole Sand stone in D³ugopole Górne Quarry) con tain trace fos sils, which in clude Curvolithus sim plex, ?Macaronichnus isp., Ophiomorpha nodosa, Ophiomorpha isp., Palaeophycus tubularis, Thalassinoides cf. paradoxicus, T. suevicus and Thalassinoides isp. The as sem blage of trace fos sils points to the prox i mal Cruziana ichnofacies, that char ac ter izes the dis tal lower shoreface and the ar che typal Cruziana ichnofacies, typ i cal of up per off shore set tings. The trace fos sils ev i dence implies that sed i men ta tion took place in a shal low ba sin with pe ri ods of a sud den sed i ment in put, good ox y gen a tion and nor mal sa lin ity. The Bystrzyca and D³ugopole sand stones are de pos its of the shal low epicontinental sea that were de pos ited between the fair-weather and storm-wave base, in the dis tal lower shoreface-up per off shore set ting. The Bystrzyca Sand stone is rec og nized as storm-orig i nated de pos its, whereas the D³ugopole Sand stone is prob a bly the part of prograding "ac cu mu lation ter race". The source of ma te rial for the sand stone was the East Sudetic Is land and prob a bly also the Orlica-Bystrzyca Up lift. The stud ied sand stones are re lated to a re gres sion that started in the early/mid dle Mid dle Turonian and caused a rel ative up lift of the sur round ing land.

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Bathymetry of trace fossils

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First records of trace fossils from the Lake District, southwestern Turkey

First records of trace fossils from the Lake District, southwestern Turkey

Middle Turonian trace fossils from the Bystrzyca and Długopole sandstones

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