Environmental significance of Ophiomorpha in a transgressive-regressive sequence of the Spitsbergen paleocene

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Nagy, Jenø, Tovar, Francisco J Rodríguez, Reolid, Matias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norsk Polarinstitutt, Oslo 2016
• Subjects: Burrows; Todalen; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/71766; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-74908; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.24192

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...