Environmental significance of Ophiomorpha in a transgressive–regressive sequence of the Spitsbergen Paleocene

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Jenȍ Nagy, Francisco J. Rodríguez Tovar, Matías Reolid
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
• Subjects: Trace fossils; Paleocene; shoreface sandstones; brackish water; transgression signal; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Burrows; Todalen; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.24192; https://doaj.org/article/a3746fafec924fa2a0455cdeb2fa9ab7

The study focuses on occurrences of Ophiomorpha burrows in a transgressive–regressive succession composing the Early Paleocene Firkanten Formation deposited in paralic, prodelta to delta front conditions in the Central Basin of Spitsbergen. The burrows colonize sandstones of the Todalen Member at fo...