Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4689588 Sedimentary Geology 2013 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Two types of scratch circles occur in Palaeocene turbidites of the Pagliaro Formation. ► They are produced by broken tests of the large tubular foraminifer Bathysiphon. ► Tests stood vertically in life position in mud but current broken them. ► Broken but articulated tests were rotated by current and scratched the sea floor.
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