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=====Consistency of Marine Substrate=====

=====Consistency of Marine Substrate=====

Organisms bioturbating fine-grained sediments may produce different burrows depending on substrate consistency<ref name=LbzSchbr><ref name=Schbr2003 /><ref name=WtzlUchmn /><ref>Wetzel, A., 1991, Ecologic interpretation of deep-sea trace fossil communities: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 85, p. 7–69.</ref><ref>Bromley, R. G., 1996, Trace fossils biology, taphonomy and applications, 2nd ed.: London, Chapman and Hall, 361 p.</ref><ref>Brett, C. E., and P. A. Allison, 1998, Paleontological approaches to the environmental interpretation of marine mudrocks, in J. Schieber, W. Zimmerle, and P. Sethi, eds., Shales and mudstones I.: Stuttgart, Germany, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. Obermiller), p. 301–349.</ref>. Five levels of substrate consistency can be inferred from ichnofossil analysis—from “soupground” to “hardground” ([[file:M126CH3-Table3.jpeg|Table 3]]).

Organisms bioturbating fine-grained sediments may produce different burrows depending on substrate consistency<ref name=LbzSchbr><ref name=Schbr2003 /><ref name=WtzlUchmn /><ref>Wetzel, A., 1991, Ecologic interpretation of deep-sea trace fossil communities: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 85, p. 7–69.</ref><ref>Bromley, R. G., 1996, Trace fossils biology, taphonomy and applications, 2nd ed.: London, Chapman and Hall, 361 p.</ref><ref>Brett, C. E., and P. A. Allison, 1998, Paleontological approaches to the environmental interpretation of marine mudrocks, in J. Schieber, W. Zimmerle, and P. Sethi, eds., Shales and mudstones I.: Stuttgart, Germany, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. Obermiller), p. 301–349.</ref>. Five levels of substrate consistency can be inferred from ichnofossil analysis—from “soupground” to “hardground” ([[file:M126Ch3-Table3.jpeg|Table 3]]).

[[file:M126CH3-Table3.jpeg|thumb|300px|’’Table 3.’’ Inferred Substrate Consistency Based on Ichnofossils Analysis.]]

[[file:M126Ch3-Table3.jpeg|thumb|300px|’’Table 3.’’ Inferred Substrate Consistency Based on Ichnofossils Analysis.]]

=====Rock-Color Charts=====

=====Rock-Color Charts=====