Browse by author
Lookup NU author(s): Dr Richard Tyson
Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.
A palynological and palynofacies study of late Paleocene and early Eocene sediments of the central North Sea has been undertaken using 467 core samples from 11 wells on the Forties-Montrose Ridge. Conventional dinoflagellate cyst (dinocyst) biostratigraphy gives poor precision within the narrow (c. 2.5 million years) time interval studied. Furthermore, dinocysts are often present in only very low numbers and are frequently poorly preserved. An alternative local zonation scheme is proposed on the basis of downwell variations in quantitative palynofacies and palynomorph occurrence data, and on angiosperm pollen ratios. Integration of these three sets of data indicates a potential sevenfold subdivision of the mid-Sele Formation (S2) to upper Lista Formation (L3) interval in this area, with up to five divisions within the Forties Sandstone Member. This composite zonation scheme appears to work reasonably well for the studied wells, and preliminary comparisons with independent biostratigraphic data from two of our wells indicate a partial correlation with the dinocyst zones.
Author(s): Wood S, Tyson RV
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Geological Society Special Publication
Year: 1996
Issue: 101
Pages: 121-128
Print publication date: 01/01/1996
ISSN (print): 0305-8719
ISSN (electronic):
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.08
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.08
Altmetrics provided by Altmetric
