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Trace fossils and Palaeoenvironments in the Middle Cambrian at Äleklinta, Öland, Sweden

Gedda, Björn (1993) In Dissertations in Geology at Lund University
Department 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
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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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
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Dissertations in Geology at Lund University
report number
49
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English
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2370176
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2012-08-13 11:54:13
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2012-08-13 11:54:13
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  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.}},
  author       = {{Gedda, Björn}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Dissertations in Geology at Lund University}},
  title        = {{Trace fossils and Palaeoenvironments in the Middle Cambrian at Äleklinta, Öland, Sweden}},
  year         = {{1993}},
}