Scratch circles from the Ediacaran and Cambrian of Arctic Norway and the Republic of South Africa, with a review of scratch circle ocurrences

• Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences
• Main Authors: Jensen, Sören, Högström, Anette, Almond, John E., Taylor, Wendy L., Meinhold, Guido, Høyberget, Magne, Ebbestad, Jan Ove R., Agic, Heda, Palacios, Teodoro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Czech Geological Survey 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Stratigraphy and paleontology: 461; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Stratigrafi og paleontologi: 461; scratch circles; Ediacaran; Cambrian; Norway; Republic of South Africa; Namibia; trace fossils; Arctic; Digermulen; Stáhpogieddi
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/14770; https://doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1685

Source at http://dx.doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1685 . Scratch circles - bedding plane parallel sedimentary structures formed by the passive rotation of a tethered organism into the surrounding sediment - are relatively rare in the geological record. Here new occurrences of scratch circles are descr...