Toarcian to Bathonian (Jurassic) palynology of the Inner Hebrides, Northwest Scotland
Toarcian to Bathonian (Jurassic) palynology of the Inner Hebrides, Northwest Scotland
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DOI:
10.1080/01916122.1991.9989393
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发表时间:
1991-10
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1.5
通讯作者:
J. Riding;W. Walton;D. Shaw
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作者:
J. Riding;W. Walton;D. Shaw
Abstract A palynological investigation of the Toarcian to Bathonian Raasay Ironstone Formation, Bearreraig Sandstone Formation and Great Estuarine Group of the Inner Hebrides has provided an important Scottish reference section, with many stratigraphically useful dinoflagellate cyst and miospore datums. The Raasay Ironstone Formation and the Dun Caan Shales Member of the Bearreraig Sandstone Formation dinoflagellate cyst assemblages are dominated by Nannoceratopsis with the Parvocysta suite present in lower proportions. The latter suite appears to be consistent with a species diversity gradient, increasing from England northwards to Spitsbergen. Representatives of the earliest sexiform gonyaulacacean dinoflagellate cysts have their inceptions in the early Bajocian Bearreraig Sandstone Formation at its type section; possible Carboniferous spores were also recovered from this formation. The youngest member of the Bearreraig Sandstone Formation, the Garantiana Clay Member, yielded Acanthaulax crispa and othe...