Palynofloras from tournaisian lacustrine and tidal sequences in slieve bloom, counties laois and offaly, Ireland

• Published in: Geological Journal
• Main Authors: Keegan, James B., Feehan, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1981
• Subjects: Bear Island; Canada
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gj.3350160406; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fgj.3350160406; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/gj.3350160406

Abstract 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.