Expanding the Ichnofacies Model to Tidal Straits: Testing Predictions and Assessing Anomalies
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Trace fossils are instrumental in facies analysis, but some depositional environments remain underexplored. Cenozoic deposits in Italy have been studied to evaluate the ichnology of tidal straits. These comprise four zones: (1) strait centre, (2) dune‐bedded strait zone, (3) strait end and (4) strait margin. The strait centre is characterised by non‐deposition and/or erosion and is host to firmground Thalassinoides of the Glossifungites Ichnofacies, whereas the coarse‐grained deposits of the strait margin are unbioturbated. The dune‐bedded strait zone is typified by high energy. The ichnofacies model predicts that this zone would be characterised by the Skolithos Ichnofacies. Instead, deposits are dominated by the spatangoid ichnogenus Bichordites , with subordinate occurrences of the opheliid polychaete burrow Macaronichnus . A stressed expression of the Cruziana Ichnofacies occurs in the strait end. These observations expand the ichnofacies model to tidal straits, suggesting that the ichnology of tidal environments is more complex than previously envisaged.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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