Ichnofacies and Ichnofabric Analysis of Pelagic and         Hemipelagic Deposits (Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary),           South Island, New Zealand
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The research proposed focuses on the ichnology of pelagic and              hemipelagic deposits in New Zealand.  The scientific objectives                 involve the endobenthic paleoecology, sedimentology and                         evironmental stratigraphy of pelagic and hemipelagic deposits                   exposed in the northeastern part of the South Island of New                     Zealand, as determined from biogenic sedimentary fabrics                        (ichnofabrics) and characteristic trace fossil associations                     (ichnofacies).  The study will focus on fine-grained, deep-water                marine carbonate, marl and clay units in the Amuri Group (Upper                 Cretaceous to Upper Eocene in age).                                                  Particular emphasis will be on endobenthic community                       paleoecology (i.e., tiering relationship of infaunal animals                    deduced from composite ichnofabrics), ichnofacies relations (i.e.,              the geologic significance of particular trace fossil assemblages                that exemplify certain sedimentologic regimes and depositional                  environments) and biogenic controls on early diagenesis (e.g.,                  preferential cementation phosphatization and/or chertification of               trace fossils).  In addition, cyclic repetition of certain                      ichnofacies (e.g., Thalassinoides-dominated, Zoophycos-dominated                and/or Chondrites-dominated zones) will be interpreted in relation              to current ideas of regional tectonism, global eustacy, and                     orbital forcing of worldwide atmospheric and oceanographic events.
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