Publication detail

The first evidence of trace fossils and pseudo-fossils in the continental interlava volcaniclastic sediments on the Faroe Islands

POKORNÝ, R. KRMÍČEK, L. ÁRTING, U.E.

Original Title

The first evidence of trace fossils and pseudo-fossils in the continental interlava volcaniclastic sediments on the Faroe Islands

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Interlava volcaniclastic sediments, mostly sandstones, from the Palaeogene Faroe Islands Basalt Group (Malinstindur and Sneis Formations) contain rare ichnofauna and well-preserved pseudofossils in the form of linear structures. Five specimens of two ichnogenera have been identified, which include Helminthoidichnites isp. and ?Palaeophycus isp. The linear structures are interpreted to be desiccation cracks. This association indicates an environment with low to moderate hydrodynamic energy, which confirms a mosaic landscape of floodplains with rivers and shallow lakes.

Keywords

Faroe Islands; trace fossils; pseudo-fossils; volcaniclastic sediments

Authors

POKORNÝ, R.; KRMÍČEK, L.; ÁRTING, U.E.

RIV year

2015

Released

11. 11. 2015

Publisher

GEOLOGICAL SOC DENMARK

Location

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

ISBN

2245-7070

Periodical

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Year of study

63

Number

1

State

Kingdom of Denmark

Pages from

45

Pages to

57

Pages count

13

URL

http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull63-45-57.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT119206,
  author="POKORNÝ, R. and KRMÍČEK, L. and ÁRTING, U.E.",
  title="The first evidence of trace fossils and pseudo-fossils in the continental interlava volcaniclastic sediments on the Faroe Islands",
  journal="Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark",
  year="2015",
  volume="63",
  number="1",
  pages="45--57",
  issn="2245-7070",
  url="http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull63-45-57.pdf"
}