History of research on the geology and palaeontology of the Rhynie area, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
History of research on the geology and palaeontology of the Rhynie area, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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苏格兰阿伯丁郡莱尼地区的地质学和古生物学研究史
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10.1017/s0263593300000699
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2003
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N. Trewin
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N. Trewin
苏格兰阿伯丁郡莱尼地区的地质和古生物学研究经历了几个阶段。继世纪的早期调查之后，威廉·麦基博士于1910-1913年绘制了盆地西缘的地图，并发现了含植物的燧石。在1913年对燧石进行挖沟之后，Kidston & Lang在1917年至1921年间描述了植物化石，Scourfield，Hirst和Maulik在20世纪20年代描述了节肢动物。在经历了大约30年的“黑暗时代”之后，杰弗里里昂在20世纪50年代末唤醒了人们的兴趣。1963年至1971年的挖沟为里昂和他的同事们提供了新的材料，并导致了新植物的发现和对早期工作的重新解释。下一个阶段是由温弗里德雷米的发现配子体的材料给他的里昂。自1980年以来，明斯特学派不断取得令人兴奋的发现。阿伯丁大学的参与始于1987年，当时的地球化学工作证实了燧石的温泉起源。在1988年和1997年取得的岩心以及进一步的挖沟工作使人们得以对结构、沉积学和地层学进行重新评价，并在Windyfield燧石中发现了新的生物群。长期的国际合作研究继续推进对这一独特的早泥盆世温泉系统以及硅质岩中显著多样的淡水和陆地生物群的解释。
ABSTRACT Geological and palaeontological research in the Rhynie area, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has progressed in several stages. Following early surveys in the nineteenth century, Dr William Mackie mapped the western margin of the basin in 1910–1913, and discovered the plant-bearing chert. Following trenching of the chert in 1913, Kidston & Lang described the plant fossils between 1917 and 1921 and Scourfield, Hirst and Maulik the arthropods in the 1920s. Following a ‘dark age’ of some 30 years, Geoffrey Lyon awakened interest in the late 1950s. Trenching in 1963–1971 provided Lyon and his co-workers with new material, and resulted in finds of new plants and reinterpretations of earlier work. The next phase was initiated by Winfried Remy's discovery of gametophytes in material given to him by Lyon. Since 1980, the Münster school has continued to make exciting discoveries. Aberdeen University involvement began in 1987 with geochemical work confirming a hot spring origin for the chert. Drill cores taken in 1988 and 1997, and further trenching have allowed structural, sedimentological and stratigraphic reappraisals, and resulted in the discovery of a new biota in the Windyfield chert. Long-term collaborative international research continues to advance interpretation of this unique Early Devonian hot spring system, and the remarkably diverse freshwater and terrestrial biota of the cherts.