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Asymmetry of Zoophycus burrows as a way‐up criterion
Author(s) -
PUDSEY CAROL J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1983.tb00673.x
Subject(s) - geology , neogene , lamella (surface anatomy) , paleontology , asymmetry , geomorphology , structural basin , physics , quantum mechanics
Zoophycus burrows from Neogene hemipelagic sediments in the equatorial Atlantic contain an asymmetric spreite fill. The long limb of each lamella is down‐section. This is useful as way‐up evidence in folded sequences.