‘AFTERTHOUGHTS Ichnofacies and Facies Interpretation ROLAND GOLDRING Poaigraduate Research Insitute for Sedimentoeay, Universiy of Recding, Whitehnighas, PO. Bor 227 Reading, RGS 248, UK PALAIOS, 198, V8, p. 405-405 Thee of archetypal ebnofetertn acinireain ited fuse i does not provide the rsx litte that eam be oeained by catng traditional methods of paleoceol ical analyse enaty2ing ie eco ay and then moving i> the ei olor ineuding the Lehner) end avntneste tis eleven yearsince Byers (1082) fies concept (Seincher, 1954 1364 967 Frey nd Seiler, 1980, Pemberton ea. 1982) Perhaps the so irportatquention Ghat Byer posed wan “Har the. (chnofacs) foto! reached the lini of he tse Hcian?™Thowgh frees (190) pact the aumbor of ftnotaree to [Ecrone thre are stil lees than 10 srhotypalehnofscies 2 faction of ‘ho pumbar of sedimontar feces that have been deceived. The orginal dopsh-contelled, or depts rated, factors for maviseicnocis have Tong since gone and piven way to fpprecation that schnclacins tlt {many ectlgiel factors (ey nd Sadscher 1980 Frey sl 1553, Bromley” 1090; Perberton wt al 1982) While the batiymetee model has been superceded, ralative be: Ahymety is atl soot inpetant in facts Interpret sine courn Ingeap and Sing up trends ao fe «qset evaled Ther ar two bron copra, SPU Sst Samara Gn) supe of archetypal iehnoteies: ‘howe related to subetat sneer 5 (ncluding Prypaniter and Tere Sates theta and which reo Senay surface) and thse Snder tide eelgiealcortrl and exc ‘ed with sf eobetatesncicing Gretna and Nenseschmstacie {Wispariesny telat group thot fonwerns fies inerpretain ance Uhinncmmtor the Blk heats: Seraphy:Poblestion the Bog itepenge pape on the ihncaces ‘Gueer 1964, 1967) wore Gras soinelded with publeaton uf ‘er 1665) clase vat Prince of Peleocoogs Tas ohana why ‘Ger teded hs ent sean tm trace fon n chapters om ot fester. But what information do edie ‘cleghts hee totem fom es face fas?) Any infermation Shat wi i the emtomencl ne terran of eientary ee ‘Specte degre me pose (i Sing chemicl snd bara fc Soren wave climate) gta a ‘sfometion relat tote acura ‘he nial aorrate and laganae Chanze that have occurred Sonne rani history (2) tferaton lat {Seto sudimestaenat Matery basin tall, sedimentation and crcion fete) sieterphie cmenon and {Giinlcrmeton relating to pert permeability Such ‘information ie [ex obtaied by analysing and a senting the ehcony with the se ‘anlogy wnt parently bn teqrting all pect the face od 13 agonists srl invalen the andard metboboay ‘Totaly fone by eel ‘nd seth cuted by Ager (oss following carer ner), tnd chon anal of the leh bse WBkdae and Bromley. 198: ‘Tavlor and Goring, 190) and the ordorng and tring ofthe trae fo Sk Tekno elt form al dale 1892), They include te moe iedefrmational stout) a elite trac 1 ft oneal to be able 20 Indiese a wade of Locurbation, a ‘Bloturbtion Faden (BD, at any ay ftage of analyse. Taso and Go "ne 945) evewed exiting shames {td theleGrawbacks and introduced iehnofabrie constituent diagrams to [8 aitngwiahingbetveen diferent Seimatnce "The reltion of the archetypal ichmotaien an extention of the ca) f Insulin for the le eso- Bot fll readily into th ieee ‘Sthore dae (188) mentions that ot all sedimentary environments Imiht be distinguished bs trace fos. Sik. But mar integrated study every trac fess cam belp in foci inter pretation Te interes concept oaly awed tn repect of Tiles Interpretation. Besides resolution Teng ule insulent for modern ule the conept suggests that fa bon interraatin cam be asom plished without fst naling Sueo- Fogel anaes "Tne tedimertloical valve of to Zoophyeorlebnafacis ie sll en ‘mate (eae, 002). Aterpis ore ‘Sethe question othe primary sed. Imencary structures and other trace fowls sssorsted with Zoophyeos Fave nt reeled ina way that emcatlyaoeful im facies iter pretation. This agerevated by the Sppetunt change in fucis of Zooph= over geulglal Lane (Baten a, 1051, 088) Fee tc lterpr tailon the Zeopiyeo ihotaces bs Fare eet by Wetzel 1091, 3. 5) who daerbes deep tie acer Fences ef Zouphyeoe at Zoophyene Tehnofacies i situation wher shal low oer Mereites and excited tra ‘Shave been removed by erste 8 fpbonomic acide: The Zo0ph9"‘AFTERTHOUGHTS: on ichnofasioe (the black aboep of the family Bromley 1900) bast Alspanted with and sich occurence ft Zoophyeoranalved wth ao fociated wesiments ad fal Th, ‘teary ewes gap" Peten he CCrasane iho Isbell environ ‘nia ud the Nerele chiufaies deeprvater emcironments) Brack Sah water trace foie (Ponbert o 31,190) are Hoke togetber a ‘mletur at stractare spies bath the Sholther snd Crationa ihoo facie, This maybe etactry in fonarlintorprecation fut ela in Epceion mat abe” thin marine in ferclutons or bet cnr fate fae “The most important cnstermen {a pom itt sep erie gh i "eheotecer wae pry by Seilche (1967), frmaing ear Her work (Selacher, 1363), or tla ‘apt to derininate Between fine and non-marine trece fossil, ‘scomblanes. "This early genera $e ats bleed ab {or natanoe, Polar (1088S rig e620 ted ‘the motel diingsnhing between the {ence eanincaneinted wath Avia hunelevee crevasse spl, ali Sil pin nl Hd basin Tae on Fonments. Bromley and Asgaard (1901jeeeced trinity factored proponed that nonomarin ichtana {peredneibotad among the marine ichootaies according to ther etl ‘gy Ofcourse, the shoreline may be Aiicult wo define, epecally i tidal fronments, end ip tual tho Sint erode may be msore sel Bromley and Aagastd 0981) aso propowed she. Ateneo tes chee {hs iain Breas Aree. lites doc not have tobe present Tor pportnit cearece of Sole Moe in mae Gopi Prey ard Caring” C882) crite hee fan, i) all provi iheices Few been pared on the base oft repreeesiatve ihogerae and Act ‘rials in gneral hardly ko 5 an inieator af opportuise ea Ciao, and (2) mors the con tidersblo‘eariton and diverse of {shnofoals non to ore fa m smodky beds (Frey, 100) ‘There are many minor dfeties losing the arenet pal enetaces fees imcerpretation. cluding sessing te oof Fciewrossing ih otara,many of which ave now bee show, when analyzed by tain ‘pethodolagy to bef signieant woe Freeing icbnocexa Cam hel eon fined ssocitons with iehnotades lions 1 take greater advantage ‘ofthe ffortation about saan ‘Sronments thoy cary: fr intanc, CChenrites land Plaolta) es a faygonatn Indiator(Sarrda and log, the several ehnofabriee wth ‘nibione on ichnofales preferring to lock far [tia fro exacination ofall eo. Toga fetes Te cont Sears this [nee abeme tae te save fot the ‘afr of tennolgial stode, Ae there ae many sedentary dees tional environments and facies 2. {quences so there ae far more aso Satonsoftrae sale that ae set In Tote interpretation than in the “lyuted wine" (Peabertan 1980 of archetypal ehnotacies REFERENCES Ao, Ry ee aa igen Sedimentary Sacer ati, Sry of eee Paw ing Maren 63 ‘Stony D186 Palceenionmeatal feat onary fee be Ne ord Sen CR ‘iv, VP, ed, Beinenteey Be en RO Ton Trae Fn Bikys ‘hd Tagen Steel Tenn Be SE. 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Awards Ceremony ‘Apr 28 tthe 1958 Annual ARDAGISEPM Consenton in [New Orleans Locisona, Rube a poleontalegst fray talents el known for his sen vf Ons fant ‘and cadimentary rocks, Hie reeareh on Ordovician bio Soatigraphy hos ha parbeulyty prominent Impact ‘Many have een infoenced by is eoneibtions. parc any the mumetausparcipans fom around the ee, ‘onhisseveal LIGHOR (Lest Interatonal Gest Bain Grdovicien Bacursions") that he has orate’ over the ERRATA ‘The PALAIOS «, 8, sue 2 paper by Oleson and Lit, “Coutrovraes onthe placement of Cretarenirlengene boundary and the K/P meas extinction of plankton fo raminser” conoins a teferenee eon Onage 8 nnd inthe references on page 129 the reference Forentin et fa 15 was given incorrectly and shoud read Murr, FIM Rand Sea, 138