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FIGURE 7
Summary of slope-minibasin deposits in the Late Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation at
El Chingue Bluff, Magallanes Basin, Chile. (A) Depositional dip profile context for the outcrops of
the formation featured in this study
(modified from
Hubbard et al., 2010
)
. The deposits comprise
low- to moderate-diversity trace-fossil suites within turbiditic sandstone and mudstone, including
(B)
Chondrites
(
Ch
) on the top of a turbidite bed, (C)
Glockerichnus
(
Gl
) on a turbidite sole,
(D)
Ophiomorpha
(
O
) in a turbidite bed characterized by Bouma
T
b-c
divisions, and (E)
Thalassi-
noides
(
Th
) exposed on the base of a thick-bedded turbidite.
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