Trace fossils and Palaeoenvironments in the Middle Cambrian at Äleklinta, Öland, Sweden
(1993) In Dissertations in Geology at Lund UniversityDepartment of Geology
- Abstract
- The Middle Cambrian at Äleklinta, Öland, consists predominantly of a heterolitic sequence with interbedded shale and siltstone. The sediments were deposited in a westfacing marine bay by northeastern, sometimes reversing currents. Long periods of slow mud settling alternated with short periods of silt influx. Water depth was below wave base and stream-ripples, micro-ripples and occasional wave-ripples were formed. The contact to the superimposed stinkstone above is erosional. The ichnofauna is dominated by Teichichnus and Planolites. Other trace fossils are Cruziana, Rusophycus, Protichnites and Halopoa.
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- author
- Gedda, Björn
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 1993
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- micro-ripples, kinneyans, shrinkage cracks, Cruziana, Halopoa, Planolites, Protichnites, Teichichnus, Middle Cambrian, Äleklinta, Öland, Sweden, Rikets nät N 631715 W 195878, silt, shale, trace fossils
- publication/series
- Dissertations in Geology at Lund University
- report number
- 49
- language
- English
- id
- 2370176
- date added to LUP
- 2012-08-13 11:54:13
- date last changed
- 2012-08-13 11:54:13
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