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The Record of Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures (MISS) in the Swedish Paleozoic

Calner, Mikael LU orcid and Eriksson, Mats LU (2012) SEPM Research Conference on Microbial Mats in Sandy Deposits (Archean to Today) p.29-35
Abstract
Microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) in siliciclastic shallow-marine strata occur in the lower and middle Cambrian and the Silurian of southern Sweden. These are typically transparent wrinkle structures with a wide range of morphologies. They are exclusively associated with shoreface to lower shoreface environments, characterized by fine-grained sandstone interbedded with mudstone and a Cruziana ichnofacies. Thicker, non-transparent forms with high-relief crinkled surfaces occur in the same paleoenvironments. The landward sand-dominated facies belt with Skolithos ichnofacies (upper shoreface foreshore) lack preserved wrinkle structures. Evidently, wrinkle structures are more common than previously thought in the Swedish... (More)
Microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) in siliciclastic shallow-marine strata occur in the lower and middle Cambrian and the Silurian of southern Sweden. These are typically transparent wrinkle structures with a wide range of morphologies. They are exclusively associated with shoreface to lower shoreface environments, characterized by fine-grained sandstone interbedded with mudstone and a Cruziana ichnofacies. Thicker, non-transparent forms with high-relief crinkled surfaces occur in the same paleoenvironments. The landward sand-dominated facies belt with Skolithos ichnofacies (upper shoreface foreshore) lack preserved wrinkle structures. Evidently, wrinkle structures are more common than previously thought in the Swedish Paleozoic and provide an important tool for understanding paleoenvironments and benthic paleoecology in strata largely devoid of body and trace fossils. (Less)
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microbial mat, wrinkle structures, bioturbation, Paleozoic, Sweden
host publication
Microbial Mats in Siliciclastic Depositional Systems Through Time
issue
101
pages
29 - 35
publisher
Society for Sedimentary Geology
conference name
SEPM Research Conference on Microbial Mats in Sandy Deposits (Archean to Today)
conference dates
2010-05-21 - 2010-05-23
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  • wos:000309369500004
ISSN
1060-071X
2159-5755
ISBN
978-1565763142
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{Microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) in siliciclastic shallow-marine strata occur in the lower and middle Cambrian and the Silurian of southern Sweden. These are typically transparent wrinkle structures with a wide range of morphologies. They are exclusively associated with shoreface to lower shoreface environments, characterized by fine-grained sandstone interbedded with mudstone and a Cruziana ichnofacies. Thicker, non-transparent forms with high-relief crinkled surfaces occur in the same paleoenvironments. The landward sand-dominated facies belt with Skolithos ichnofacies (upper shoreface foreshore) lack preserved wrinkle structures. Evidently, wrinkle structures are more common than previously thought in the Swedish Paleozoic and provide an important tool for understanding paleoenvironments and benthic paleoecology in strata largely devoid of body and trace fossils.}},
  author       = {{Calner, Mikael and Eriksson, Mats}},
  booktitle    = {{Microbial Mats in Siliciclastic Depositional Systems Through Time}},
  isbn         = {{978-1565763142}},
  issn         = {{1060-071X}},
  keywords     = {{microbial mat; wrinkle structures; bioturbation; Paleozoic; Sweden}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{101}},
  pages        = {{29--35}},
  publisher    = {{Society for Sedimentary Geology}},
  title        = {{The Record of Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures (MISS) in the Swedish Paleozoic}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}