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