Sole markings

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Groove casts on the base of a turbidite sandstone, Laga Basin, Italy
Groove casts on the base of a turbidite sandstone, Laga Basin, Italy
Flute casts on the base of a turbidite sandstone bed, Laga Basin, Italy
Flute casts on the base of a turbidite sandstone bed, Laga Basin, Italy

Sole marks, or tool marks, are sedimentary structures found on the bottom of certain current-deposited strata, that indicate small-scale current disruption, or scour.[1] Commonly preserved as streamlined flutings in the rock bed, the responsible obstacle may be a twig or pebble--anything large enough for sediment to preferentially erode and deposit around.

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