Palaeoecology in a mud-dominated epicontinental sea: A case study of the Ordovician Elnes Formation,southern Norway |
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| Authors: | Thomas Hansen Arne T. Nielsen David L. Bruton |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Department of Geology, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway;2. Geological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 København K, Denmark;1. University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Department of Geology, Ravila 14A, EE-50411, Tartu, Estonia;2. Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Riga, Jelgavas street 1, LV-1004, Latvia;3. Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, PO Box 64, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland;4. Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia;5. Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, Switzerland;6. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Falkenplatz 16, CH-3013, Bern, Switzerland;7. University of Latvia, Institute of Biology, Miera iela 3, Salaspils, LV-2169, Latvia |
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| Abstract: | The Ordovician (Darriwilian to locally Sandbien) Elnes Formation of the Oslo Region, Norway, is dominated by dark grey, often marly and partly graptolite bearing mudstones. These were formed in a mid- to outer shelf environment at water-depths from perhaps less than 50 to over 200 m. More than 23,000 fossils have been systematically collected from three sections through the formation and seven fossil associations are recognised comprising the Endoceratid, Plectorthid–Diplotrypa, Asaphus–orthid, Asaphid–trinucleid (including the Raphiophorid–nileid and Alwynella–trinucleid sub-associations), Cathrynia–lingulid, Alwynella–lingulid and the Graptolite–lingulid associations. These correlate with specific lithofacies and reflect a depth transect. The ecological preferences inferred for each of the faunal groups agree well with studies of other Ordovician faunas, clearly supporting the note of a general similarity in the eco-faunal composition on a global scale. Changes in palaeo-depth during deposition of the Elnes Formation are to some extent out-of-phase with the eustatic sea level changes inferred for this time interval, probably reflecting ongoing local tectonic processes in the Oslo area. This is ascribed to the development of distal foreland conditions in the Oslo Region, heralding the Caledonian Orogeny. |
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