Title

Scratch circle from the Passaic Formation (Late Triassic), West-Central New Jersey

Authors

Robert Metz, Kean University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Abstract

Scratching, forming one sharply-defined, somewhat elliptical scratch circle, surrounds a narrow-filled tube probably formed by a plant stem. Water currents carrying sediment onto a lacustrine shoreline swirled around a plant leaf, etching out a partial scratch circle. Later settling of the finest material resulted in a veneer of mud filling the scratch circle.

Publication Title

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

First Page Number

315

Last Page Number

317

DOI

10.1080/10420940.2021.1998038

Recommended Citation

Metz, Robert, "Scratch circle from the Passaic Formation (Late Triassic), West-Central New Jersey" (2021). Kean Publications. 1062.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/1062