BACKGROUND Taphonomic study of marine vertebrate remains has traditionally focused on single skeletons, lagerstätten, or bonebed genesis with few attempts to document environmental gradients in preservation. As such, establishment of a concrete taphonomic model for shallow marine vertebrate assemblages is lacking. The Neogene Purisima Formation of Northern California, a richly fossiliferous uni...

microfacies and depositional environments interpretation of asmari and jahrum were studied in boreholes 2, 10 and 11 in gol- khari oil field. based on petrographic criteria, fauna assemblages, biofacies and sedimentary textures, 21 carbonate microfacies and 3 non- carbonate petrofacies were recognized. these microfacies were deposited in distinct depositional environments including tidal flat, ...

The trace fossil assemblages from the Unit 2 of Deh-Sufiyan Formation are described for the first time from The Central Alborz Range of northern Iran,  improving the record of the assemblages in the Cambrian of the Middle East. Twenty-one ichnogenera have been identified in the Deh-Sufiyan Formation, namely Arenicolites, Bergaueria, Chondrites, Circulichnus, Cruziana, Diplichnites, Didymaulichnu...

In this study, four well-exposed outcrops of the Asmari Fm in the southeastern part of the Izeh Zone of the Zagros Mountains were measured and sampled. In this region, the Asmari Fm is Oligocene to Early Miocene in age as determined by large benthic foraminifera. Based on depositional geometries, biogenic contents and lateral and vertical variations of facies, three depositional models are prop...

Abstract Lake sediment records offer insights into past climate and environmental changes. There are, however, few continuous lake from the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes that span last glacial interval (LGI) have requisite chronological control sampling resolution. Orakei maar paleolake in Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand, is an exception, as it contains a high-resolution record of lacu...

We report results from geoarchaeological investigations at Cuncaicha rock shelter (4480 m above sea level) in the high Andes of southern Peru. Using field observations, geomorphological, micromorphological, micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Bayesian modeling radiocarbon ages, and archaeological data, we analyzed entire stratigraphic sequence to determine depositional postdeposition...