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Title: Trace fossils from the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

A diverse and well-preserved ichnofossil suite has been identified from surface exposures of the middle and upper parts of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation. The suite, consisting of representatives of at least ten ichnogenera, is one of the few clues to the original biotic component of the deposit. The distribution and abundance of these biogenic structures present strong evidence that the deep channel complex in which the sediments were deposited was closely associated with a nearby marine shoreline.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Alberta Geological Survey, Edmonton, Alberta
OSTI Identifier:
6410894
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 217
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS; 58 GEOSCIENCES; ATHABASCA DEPOSIT; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; ALBERTA; CRETACEOUS PERIOD; OIL SANDS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CANADA; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MATERIALS; MESOZOIC ERA; NORTH AMERICA; OIL SAND DEPOSITS; 040201* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Site Geology- (-1989); 580100 - Geology & Hydrology- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Pemberton, S G, Flach, P D, and Mossop, G D. Trace fossils from the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.1126/science.217.4562.825.
Pemberton, S G, Flach, P D, & Mossop, G D. Trace fossils from the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.217.4562.825
Pemberton, S G, Flach, P D, and Mossop, G D. 1982. "Trace fossils from the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.217.4562.825.
@article{osti_6410894,
title = {Trace fossils from the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada},
author = {Pemberton, S G and Flach, P D and Mossop, G D},
abstractNote = {A diverse and well-preserved ichnofossil suite has been identified from surface exposures of the middle and upper parts of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation. The suite, consisting of representatives of at least ten ichnogenera, is one of the few clues to the original biotic component of the deposit. The distribution and abundance of these biogenic structures present strong evidence that the deep channel complex in which the sediments were deposited was closely associated with a nearby marine shoreline.},
doi = {10.1126/science.217.4562.825},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6410894}, journal = {Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 217,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Fri Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
}