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Köpinge Sandstone

Köpinge Sandstone is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Köpinge Sandstone rather than just read about it. In short: The Köpinge Sandstone is a highly calcareous and glauconitic sandstone geologic formation of the Vomb Trough in Skåne, southernmost Sweden. The formation dates to the latest early to middle late Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous and has provided fossils of ammonites, belemnites, the shark Cretalamna borealis and the mosasaurid Hainosaurus.

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Reference excerpt

The Köpinge Sandstone is a highly calcareous and glauconitic sandstone geologic formation of the Vomb Trough in Skåne, southernmost Sweden. The formation dates to the latest early to middle late Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous and has provided fossils of ammonites, belemnites, the shark Cretalamna borealis and the mosasaurid Hainosaurus. Ex situ occurrences in Pleistocene deposits have provided a dorsal vertebra of a possible elasmosaurid.

Description The Köpinge Sandstone has been recorded from a number of small outcrops, the majority of which are not accessible today, northeast of the town of Ystad, around Köpingemolla, Svenstorp, Valleberga, Ingelstorp, Herrestad and Fredriksberg. The formation comprises yellow highly calcareous and glauconitic sandstones and ranges in age (on the basis of abundant belemnites and ammonites) from the latest early Campanian to the middle late Campanian. Christensen (1986) recorded two belemnite assemblages from the area, i.e., an older one comprising Belemnellocamax mammillatus and Belemnitella mucronata, and a younger one with B. mucronata and Belemnitella aff. langei. Ammonites (Gaudryceras sp., Pachydiscus haldemsis, Patagiosites stobaei, Nostoceras junior, Lewyites elegans, Baculites cf. aquilaensis, B. angustus, B. schlueteri, Trachyscaphites spiniger spiniger and Hoploscaphites ikorfatensis) from the Köpinge district indicate an early late Campanian age. The formation has also provided fossils of the mosasaurid Hainosaurus. An isolated dorsal vertebra of a possible elasmosaurid was found in a Pleistocene Geschiebe, an ex situ occurrence of the Campanian formation, in southern Sweden. The shark Cretalamna borealis recovered from the formation was described in 2015.

See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Sweden Kristianstad Basin Folkeslunda Limestone, Ordovician fossiliferous formation of Sweden with ex situ fossil assemblages

References

Bibliography Siversson, Mikael; Lindgren, Johan; Newbrey, Michael G.; Cederström, Peter; Cook, Todd D. (2015), "Cenomanian–Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type" (PDF), Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60: 339–384, retrieved 2020-07-09 Foth, Christian; Kalbe, Johannes; Kautz, René (2010), "First evidence of an Elasmosauridae (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) in a Geschiebe from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of South Scandinavia", Zitteliana, 29: 36, retrieved 2020-07-09 Lindgren, J (2005), "The first record of Hainosaurus (Reptilia: Mosasauridae) from Sweden", Journal of Paleontology, 79 (6): 1157–1165, doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[1157:TFROHR]2.0.CO;2 Kennedy, William James; Christensen, Walter Kegel (1997), "Santonian to Maastrichtian ammonites from Scania, southern Sweden" (PDF), Fossils and Strata, vol. 44, pp. 75–128, doi:10.18261/8200376958-1997-02, ISBN 82-00-37695-8, retrieved 2020-07-09

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Köpinge Sandstone

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Köpinge Sandstone claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Köpinge Sandstone before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Köpinge Sandstone ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Köpinge Sandstone

In research: Köpinge Sandstone appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Köpinge Sandstone in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Köpinge Sandstone is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Campanian Stage, Cretaceous Sweden, Geography of Skåne County, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Köpinge Sandstone outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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