Ichnofabrics and ichnofabric-forming trace fossils in Phanerozoic turbidites

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-111

  Callow, Richard H T ^a   Mcilroy, Duncan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; BENTHIC ECOLOGIES; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHALLOW MARINE; TRACE FOSSILS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOTURBATION; DATA SET; FACIES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ICHNOFABRIC; ICHNOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHANEROZOIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER; TAXONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITY;

DICTYODORA; NEREITES; PLANOLITES; SCOLICIA; THALASSINOIDES; ZOOPHYCOS;

EID: 84855835482     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.59.2.103     Document Type: Article

References (77)

1. Bambach, R.K. 1977. Species richness in marine benthic habitats through the Phanerozoic. Paleobiology, v. 3, p. 152-167.
2. Bednarz, M. and McIlroy, D. 2009. Three-dimensional reconstruction of "phycosiphoniform" burrows: implications for identification of trace fossils in core. Paleontologica Electronica, v. 12, p. 1-15.
3. Bottjer, D.J., Droser, M.L. and Jablonski, D. 1987. Bathymetric trends in the history of trace fossils. In: D.J. Bottjer (ed.). New concepts in the use of biogenic sedimentary structures for paleoenvironmental interpretation. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Los Angeles, California, p. 57-65.
4. Bottjer, D.J., Droser, M.L. and Jablonski, D. 1988. Palaeoenvironmental trends in the history of trace fossils. Nature, v. 333, p. 252-255.
5. Bromley, R.G. 1990. Trace fossils: Biology and Taphonomy. Unwin Hyman, London, 280 p.
6. Bromley, R.G. and Ekdale, A.A. 1986. Composite ichnofabrics and tiering of burrows. Geological Magazine, v. 123, p. 59-65.
7. Buatois, L.A., Mángano, M.G., Brussa, E.D., Benedetto, J.L. and Pompei, J.F. 2009. The changing face of the deep: colonization of the Early Ordovician deep-sea floor, Puna, northwest Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 280, p. 291-299.
8. Chamberlain, C.K. 1978. Recognition of trace fossils in cores. SEPM Short Course 5, p. 119-166.
9. Crimes, T.P. 1973. From limestones to distal turbidites: a facies and trace fossil analysis in the Zumaya flysch (Paleocene-Eocene), North Spain. Sedimentology, v. 20, p. 105-131.
10. Crimes, T.P. 1974. Colonisation of the early ocean floor. Nature, v. 248, p. 328-330.
11. Crimes, T.P. 1977. Trace fossils of an Eocene deep-sea fan, northern Spain. In: T.P. Crimes and J.C. Harper (eds.). Trace fossils 2. Proceedings of an International Symposium held at Sydney, Australia, 23, 24 August 1976 as part of the 25th International Geological Congress. Seel House Press, Liverpool, p. 71-90.
12. Crimes, T.P. 1992. Changes in the trace fossil biota across the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic boundary. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 149, p. 637-646.
13. Crimes, T.P. and Crossley, J.D. 1968. The stratigraphy, sedimentology, ichnology and structure of the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of part of north-eastern Co. Wexford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section B, Geological and Chemical Science, v. 67, p. 185-215.
14. Crimes, T.P. and Crossley, J.D. 1991. A diverse ichnofaunas from Silurian flysch of the Aberystwyth Grits Formation, Wales. Geological Journal, v. 26, p. 27-64.
15. Crimes, T.P. and Droser, M.L. 1992. Trace fossils and bioturbation: the other fossil record. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, v. 23, p. 339-360.
16. Crimes, T.P., Marcos, A. and Perez-Estaún, A. 1974. Upper Ordovician turbidites in Western Asturias: a facies analysis with particular reference to vertical and lateral variations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 15, p. 169-184.
17. Crimes, T.P., Garcia Hildago, J.F. and Poire, D.G. 1992. Trace fossils from Arenig sediments of Eire and their bearing on the early colonization of the deep seas. Ichnos, v. 2, p. 61-77.
18. Cunningham, K.J., Sukop, M.C., Alvarez, P.F., Curran, H.A., Renken, R.A. and Dixon, J.F. 2009. Prominence of ichnologically influenced macroporosity in the karst Biscayne aquifer: stratiform "super-K" zones. GSA Bulletin, v. 121, p. 164-180.
19. Ekdale, A.A. 1977. Abyssal trace fossils in the worldwide Deep Sea Drilling Project cores. In: T.P. Crimes and J.C. Harper (eds.). Trace Fossils 2. Proceedings of an International Symposium held at Sydney, Australia, 23, 24 August 1976 as part of the 25th International Geological Congress. Seel House Press, Liverpool, p. 163-182.
20. Ekdale, A.A. 1980. Graphoglyptid burrows in modern deep-sea sediment. Science, v. 207, p. 304-306.
21. Frey, R.W. and Seilacher, A. 1980. Uniformity in invertebrate ichnology. Lethaia, v. 13, p. 183-207.
22. Fürsich, F.T., Taheri, J. and Wilmsen, M. 2007. New occurrences of the trace fossil Paleodictyon in shallow marine environments: examples from the Triassic-Jurassic of Iran. Palaios, v. 22, p. 408-416.
23. Gaillard, C. 1991. Recent organism traces and ichnofacies on the deep-sea floor off New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific. Palaios, v. 6, p. 302-315.
24. Gingras, M.K., Pemnerton, S.G., Henk, F., MacEachern, J.A., Mendoza, C., Rostron, NB., O'Hare, R., Spila, M. and Konhauser, K. 2007. Applications of ichnology to fluid and gas production in hydrocarbon reservoirs. In: J.A. MacEachern, K.L. Bann, M.K. Gingras and S.G. Pemberton (eds.). Applied Ichnology. SEPM Short Course Notes 52, p. 127-141.
25. Heard, T.G. and Pickering, K.T. 2008. Trace fossils as diagnostic indicators of deep-marine environments, Middle Eocene Ainsa-Jaca basin, Spain. Sedimentology, v. 55, p. 809-844.
26. ICZN, 1999. International code of zoological nomenclature. 4th Edition. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/
27. Knaust, D. 2009a. Characterisation of a Campanian deep-sea fan system in the Norwegian Sea by means of ichnofabrics. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 26, p. 1199-1211.
28. Knaust, D. 2009b. Complex behavioural patterns as an aid to identify the producer of Zoophycos from the Middle Permian of Oman. Lethaia, v. 42, p. 146-154.
29. MacEachern, J.A., Bann, K.L., Gingras, M.K. and Pemberton, S.G. 2007. Applied Ichnology. SEPM Short Course Notes 52. SEPM, Tulsa, 380 p.
30. Mayall, M., Jones, E. and Casey, M. 2006. Turbidite channel reservoirs-Key elements in facies prediction and effective development. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 23, p. 821-841.
31. McCann, T. 1990. Distribution of Ordovician-Silurian ichnofossil assemblages in Wales-implications for Phanerozoic ichnofaunas. Lethaia, v. 23, p. 243-255.
32. McIlroy, D. 2004a. Some ichnological concepts, methodologies, applications and frontiers. In: D. McIlroy (ed.). The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 228, p. 3-27.
33. McIlroy, D. 2004b. Ichnofabrics and sedimentary facies of a tide-dominated delta: Jurassic Ile Formation of Kristin Field, Haltenbanken, Offshore Mid-Norway. In: D. McIlroy (ed.). The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 228, p. 237-272.
34. McIlroy, D. 2007. Lateral variability of shallow marine ichnofabrics: implications for the ichnofabric analysis method. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 164, p. 359-369.
35. McIlroy, D. 2008. Ichnological analysis: the common ground between ichnofacies workers and ichnofabric analysts. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 270, p. 332-338.
36. Mikuláš, R., Lehotsky, T. and Bábek, O. 2004. Trace fossils of the Moravice Formation from the southern Nízky′Jeseník Mts. (Lower Carboniferous, Culm Facies; Moravia, Czech Republic. Bulletin of Geosciences, v. 79, p. 81-98.
37. Monaco, P., Milighetti, M. and Checconi, A. 2010. Ichnocoenoses in the Oligocene to Miocene foredeep basins (Northern Apennines, central Italy) and their relation to turbidite deposition. Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 60, p. 53-70.
38. Newell, N.D. 1952. Periodicity in invertebrate evolution. Journal of Paleontology, v. 26, p. 371-385.
39. Orr, P.J. 2001. Colonization of the deep-marine environment during the early Phanerozoic: the ichnofaunal record. Geological Journal, v. 36, p. 265-278.
40. Orr, P.J. and Howe, M.P.A. 1999. Macrofauna and ichnofauna of the Manx Group (early Ordovician), Isle of Man. In: N.H. Woodcock, D.G. Quirk, W.R. Fitches and R.P. Barnes (eds.). In sight of the suture: the Palaeozoic geology of the Isle of Man in its Iapetus Ocean context. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160, p. 33-44.
41. Pemberton, S.G. 1992. Applications of Ichnology to Petroleum Exploration. SEPM Core Workshop 17, 429 p.
42. Pemberton, S.G. and Gingras, M.K. 2005. Classification and characterizations of biologically enhanced permeability. AAPG Bulletin, v. 89, p. 1493-1517.
43. Pemberton, S.G., Frey, R.W. and Saunders, T.D.A. 1990. Trace fossils. In: D.E.G. Briggs and P.R. Crowther (eds.). Palaeobiology: a synthesis. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, p. 355-362.
44. Phillips, C., McIlroy, D. and Elliott, T. 2010. Ichnological characterization of Eocene/Oligocene turbidites from the Grès d'Annot Basin, French Alps. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 300, p. 67-83.
45. Pickerill, R.K. 1980. Phanerozoic flysch trace fossil diversity-observations based on an Ordovician flysch ichnofaunas from the Aroostook Matapedia carbonate belt of northern New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 17, p. 1259-1270.
46. Raup, D.M. 1972. Taxonomic diversity during the Phanerozoic. Science, v. 177, p. 1065-1071.
47. Raup, D.M. 1976. Species diversity in the Phanerozoic: an interpretation. Paleobiology, v. 2, p. 289-297.
48. Raup, D.M. 1978. Cohort analysis of generic survivorship. Paleobiology, v. 4, p. 1-15.
49. Rodríguez-Tovar, F., Uchman, A., Payros, A., Orue-Etxebarria, A., Apellaniz, E. and Molina, E. 2010. Sea-level dynamics and palaeoecological factors affecting trace fossil distribution in Eocene turbiditic deposits (Gorrondatxe section, N Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 285, p. 50-65.
50. Seilacher, A. 1953. Studien zue Palichnologie I. Über die Methoden de Palichnologie. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 96, p. 421-452.
51. Seilacher, A. 1964. Biogenic sedimentary structures. In: J. Imbrie and N. Newell (eds.). Approaches to Paleoecology. John Wiley & Sons, New York, p. 296-316.
52. Seilacher, A. 1967. Bathymetry of trace fossils. Marine Geology, v. 5, p. 413-428.
53. Seilacher, A. 1974. Flysch trace fossils: Evolution of behavioural diversity in the deep sea. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, v. 4, p. 233-245.
54. Seilacher, A. 1977. Pattern analysis of Paleodictyon and related trace fossils. In: T.P. Crimes and J.C. Harper (eds.). Trace Fossils 2: Proceedings of an international symposium held at Sydney, Australia, 23-24 August 1976 as part of the 25th International Geological Congress. Seel House Press, Liverpool, p. 289-334.
55. Seilacher, A. 2007. Trace fossil analysis. Springer, Berlin, 226 p.
56. Sepkoski, J.J. 1982. A compendium of fossil marine families. Milwaukee Public Museum, Contributions in Biology and Geology, v. 51, p. 1-125.
57. Sepkoski, J.J. 1991. A model of onshore-offshore change in faunal diversity. Paleobiology, v. 17, p. 58-77.
58. Sepkoski, J.J., Bambach, R.K., Raup, D.M. and Valentine, J.W. 1981. Phanerozoic marine diversity and the fossil record. Nature, v. 293, p. 435-437.
59. Smith, A.B. 2007. Marine diversity through the Phanerozoic: problems and prospects. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 164, p. 731-745.
60. Smith, C.R., Levin, L.A., Hoover, D.J., McMurtry, G. and Gage, J.D. 2000. Variations in bioturbation across the oxygen minimum zone in the northwest Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research II, v. 47, p. 227-257.
61. Taylor, A.M. and Goldring, R. 1993. Description and analysis of bioturbation and ichnofabric. Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 150, p. 141-148.
62. Taylor, A.M., Goldring, R. and Gowland, S. 2003. Analysis and application of ichnofabrics. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 60, p. 227-259.
63. Tchoumatchenco, P. and Uchman, A. 2001. The oldest deep-sea Ophiomorpha and Scolicia and associated trace fossils from Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous deep-water turbidite deposits of SW Bulgaria. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 169, p. 85-99.
64. Tonkin, N.S., McIlroy, D., Meyer, R. and Moore-Turpin, A. 2010. Bioturbation influence on reservoir quality: A case study from the Cretaceous Ben Nevis Formation, Jeanne d'Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland, Canada. AAPG Bulletin, v. 94, p. 1059-1078.
65. Uchman, A. 2003. Trends in diversity, frequency and complexity of graphoglyptid trace fossils: evolutionary and palaeoenvironmental aspects. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 192, p. 123-142.
66. Uchman, A. 2004. Phanerozoic history of deep-sea trace fossils. In: D. McIlroy (ed.). The Application of Ichnology to Palaeoenvironmental and Stratigraphic Analysis. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 228, p. 125-139.
67. Uchman, A. 2007. Deep-sea trace fossils from the mixed carbonate-siliciclastic flysch of the Monte Antola Formation (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian), North Apennines, Italy. Cretaceous Research, v. 28, p. 980-1004.
68. Uchman, A. and Wetzel, A. 2011. Deep-sea ichnology: the relationships between depositional environment and endobenthic organisms. Developments in Sedimentology, v. 63, p. 517-556.
69. Vaziri, S.H. and Fürsich, F.T. 2007. Middle to Upper Triassic deep-water trace fossils from the Ashin Formation, Nakhlak area, Central Iran. Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, v. 18, p. 253-268.
70. Wetzel, A. 1984. Bioturbation in deep-sea fine-grained sediments: influence of sediment texture, turbidite frequency and rates of environmental change. In: D.A.V. Stow, and D.J.W. Piper (eds.). Fine-grained sediments: deep water processes and facies. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, p. 595-608.
71. Wetzel, A. 1991. Ecologic interpretation of deep-sea trace fossil communities. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 85, p. 47-69.
72. Wetzel, A. 2002. Modern Nereites in the South China Sea: Ecological association with redox conditions in the sediment. Palaios, v. 17, p. 507-515.
73. Wetzel, A. 2008. Recent bioturbation in the deep South China Sea: a uniformitarian ichnologic approach. Palaios, v. 23, p. 601-615.
74. Wetzel, A. and Bromley, R.G. 1994. Phycosiphon incertum revisited: Anconichnus horizontalis is its junior subjective synonym. Journal of Paleontology 68(6), 1396-1402.
75. Wetzel, A. and Uchman, A. 1997. Ichnology of deep-sea overbank deposits of the Ganei slates (Eocene, Switzerland)-a classical flysch trace fossils locality studied first by Oswald Heer. Ichnos, v. 5, p. 139-162.
76. Wetzel, A. and Uchman, A. 1998. Deep-sea benthic food content recorded by ichnofabrics: a conceptual model based on observations from Paleogene flysch, Carpathians, Poland. Palaios, v. 13, p. 533-546.
77. Wetzel, A. Blechschmidt, I., Uchman, A. and Matter, A. 2007. Ahighly diverse ichnofauna in Late Triassic deep-sea fan deposits of Oman. Palaios, v. 22, p. 567-576.