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Palynofloras from tournaisian lacustrine and tidal sequences in slieve bloom, counties laois and offaly, Ireland
Author(s) -
Keegan James B.,
Feehan John
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350160406
Subject(s) - tournaisian , sedimentology , geology , marine transgression , lithology , sedimentary depositional environment , deposition (geology) , bloom , sedimentation , paleontology , ecological succession , sediment , oceanography , ecology , carboniferous , structural basin , biology
Tournaisian miospore assemblages are used to determine the age of some plant‐bearing horizons in the Old Red Sandstone succession of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, Counties Laois and Offaly, Ireland, and the sedimentology and conditions of deposition of the productive lithologies are described. The age of the marine transgression which terminated continental sedimentation is indicated, and the associated depositional environment is discussed. Comparisons are made with other micro‐ and macrofloras from Ireland, Britain, Canada, the U.S.S.R. and Bear Island.