Bioerosion and carbonate mud production on high-latitude shelves

Farrow, George E.; Fyfe, J. A.

doi:10.1016/0037-0738(88)90125-x

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“…It can be expected that with progressing colonization by bioeroding organisms, the contribution of macroborers will considerably increase and a diverse spectrum can be expected as generally demonstrated by Farrow and Fyfe (1988) for high-latitude shelf areas.…”

Section: Traces Of Macroborersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Over recent decades, a wealth of studies have been carried out on marine bioerosion in tropical and subtropical environments (see Radtke et al 1997 andWilson 2005 for extensive bibliographies), while studies of bioerosion patterns in higher latitude, cold-temperate and polar settings remain sparse (e.g., Bromley 1981;Akpan and Farrow 1984;Akpan 1986;Farrow and Fyfe 1988;Young and Nelson 1988;Schmidt and Freiwald 1993;Glaub et al 2002). This is particularly obvious with respect to experimental studies, which were previously exclusively carried out in the tropics and subtropics (e.g., Kiene 1985;Gektidis 1997;Pari et al 1998Pari et al , 2002Vogel et al 2000).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Bioerosion along a bathymetric gradient in a cold-temperate setting (Kosterfjord, SW Sweden): an experimental study

Wisshak

Gektidis

Freiwald

et al. 2005

Facies

108

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Section: Traces Of Macroborersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Bioerosion along a bathymetric gradient in a cold-temperate setting (Kosterfjord, SW Sweden): an experimental study

Wisshak

Gektidis

Freiwald

et al. 2005

Facies

108

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“…The degree to which bionts are major taphonomic indicators of preservation or provide discriminatory information on environment and preservational process is not well understood; nor is the modulatory inXuence of bionts on the taphonomic process adequately fathomed. Certainly bionts are responsible directly or indirectly for a number of destructive processes (Akpan and Farrow 1985;Farrow and Fyfe 1988;Fürsich and Pandey 1999) and the protective inXuence of bionts may also be consequential (Farrow and Clokie 1979;Kidwell 1986a;Zuschin and Pervesler 1996;Zuschin et al 2003). Accordingly, one expects bionts to inXuence the preservational process signiWcantly in some environments of preservation and thus participate in the creation of taphofacies.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

The relationship of bionts and taphonomic processes in molluscan taphofacies formation on the continental shelf and slope: eight-year trends: Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas

Powell

Brett

Parsons-Hubbard

et al. 2010

Facies

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The Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative (SSETI) deployed a suite of molluscan species in environments covering a range of depths and sediment types in the Bahamas and on the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf and upper slope for 8 years. Taphonomic state rarely correlated with the distribution of biont guilds among environments. The preservable and nonpreservable biont guilds were also routinely orthogonal. Several coincidences of taphonomic trait and biont guild occurred, including green discoloration that consistently co-occurred with boring algae and bacterial Wlms associated with the development of chalkiness and a soft shell surface. Environments of preservation (EOPs) of disparate taphonomic signature and biont guild complement occur in similar sediment types and environments with similar rates of burial. A paucity of biont coverage is no more a reliable indicator of rapid burial than is a limited degree of shell degradation. The suggestion that preservable bionts might protect shells from taphonomic processes is not well supported. Certain EOP groups are delineated from others most readily by a combination of biont guild and taphonomic trait. Thus, biont guilds augment taphonomic analysis in diVerentiating EOPs. Shell preservational state, including taphonomic signature and biont coverage, is inXuenced in a complex way by environment. The analysis conWrms an expectation that the diversity of EOPs should be greater in shallow water. Clustering of EOPs reveals that visually distinctive environments may be taphonomically and biotically similar. Visually similar environments may be quite disparate in taphonomic state and biont complement. EOPs grouped by similarity in taphonomic signature and biont coverage very likely deWne geographically widespread biological and taphonomic regimes, which, however, are everywhere restricted locally in areal dimension.

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“…However, we cannot be certain of this, as a number of recent studies (Norris & Grant-Taylor 1989;Powell & Davies 1990;Gillespie 1992;Smith 1992 have shown that physical appearance is not necessarily i\ reliable indicator of shell age. Also, the specimens submitted for dating were all large aragonitic bivalves; there is evidence to suggest that such shells are especially vulnerable to bioerosion and abrasion (Nelson & Bornhold 1983;Farrow & Fyfe 1988;Smith & Nelson 1992).…”

Section: Faciesmentioning

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Distribution and control of mixed terrigenous‐carbonate surficial sediment facies, Wanganui shelf, New Zealand

Gillespie

Nelson

1996

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

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Shallow-marine, mixed temperate, terrigenouscarbonate sediments are accumulating on the shallow to deep Wanganui shelf (c. 20-110 m water depth). From cluster analysis of textural and compositional parameters, five surficial sediment facies and five subfacies have been defined for the shelf. Facies 1 (Bivalve-bearing [gravelly] sand), is a terrigenous-dominated, shallow shelf facies (<50 m), incorporating Subfacies la (Sand)-a modern felsic sand prism-and lb (Bivalve-bearing volcaniclastic gravelly sand)-modern to relict andesitic detritus and shell fragments. Facies 2 (Skeletal-dominated sandy gravel) comprises sediments containing >50% CaCO 3 , and occurs in the shallow to mid shelf region (c. 30-90 m) where levels of terrigenous input are reduced, and substrates and hydraulic conditions are favourable for carbonate production. Facies 2 comprises Subfacies 2a (Bivalve-dominated sandy gravel), 2b (Bryozoan/bivalve-dominated sandy gravel), and 2c (Bryozoan/bivalve-dominated muddy sandy gravel and gravelly muddy sand). Facies 2 sediments are

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Bioerosion and carbonate mud production on high-latitude shelves

Cited by 41 publications

References 32 publications

Bioerosion along a bathymetric gradient in a cold-temperate setting (Kosterfjord, SW Sweden): an experimental study

Bioerosion along a bathymetric gradient in a cold-temperate setting (Kosterfjord, SW Sweden): an experimental study

The relationship of bionts and taphonomic processes in molluscan taphofacies formation on the continental shelf and slope: eight-year trends: Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas

Distribution and control of mixed terrigenous‐carbonate surficial sediment facies, Wanganui shelf, New Zealand

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