Serpulid tubes as potential palaeoenvironmental markers
Keywords:
Invertebrados marinos, Mineralogía, Tubos, Geoquímica, Paleoambiente.Abstract
Early Cretaceous Serpulid polychaete tubes are found with unusually
high densities along mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposits, outcropping at
the coastal rocky cliffs at Ericeira (belonging to Ribeira d´Ilhas Formation,
West Portugal). This study aims to obtain insight into key environmental
factors promoting this specific proliferation during a short time period and
if the fossilized tubes can be used as paleoenvironmental markers of specific
conditions. High-resolution petrographic and geochemical studies were
conducted on Serpulid tubes and related materials to test their potential.
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