Palynomorph and ostracod biostratigraphy of the Ballagan Formation, Midland Valley of Scotland and elucidation of intra-Dinantian unconformities

Stephenson, M.H.; Williams, M.; Monaghan, A.A.; Arkley, S.; Smith, R.A.; Dean, M.; Browne, M.A.E.; Leng, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-5166. 2004 Palynomorph and ostracod biostratigraphy of the Ballagan Formation, Midland Valley of Scotland and elucidation of intra-Dinantian unconformities. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 55 (2). 131-143. 10.1144/pygs.55.2.131

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Abstract/Summary

An interdisciplinary biostratigraphical study of Tournaisian–early Viséan sedimentary rocks from six sections in central Scotland has established the ranges of important palynomorph and ostracod taxa that can be used to refine the existing palynomorph-based biozonation scheme. The work highlights the value of joint ostracod-palynomorph studies in correlating sequences where a single biostratigraphical discipline alone cannot provide the resolution needed. To this end, a new joint palynomorph/ostracod stratigraphical assemblage, the Acanthotriletes cf. macrogaleatus – Sulcella affiliata Assemblage, has been established. This assemblage correlates with the upper part of the CM Biozone and allows the CM–Pu biozonal boundary to be positioned more reliably in the Midland Valley of Scotland (MVS) than previously. The distribution of the assemblage, and the palaeontological characteristics of the Ballagan Formation and stratigraphically higher formations in the Dinantian of the MVS, show that significant but localized hiatuses, correlating with the Pu, TS and TC biozones, occur in parts of the western MVS, while generally smaller hiatuses, correlating with the TS Biozone and possibly part of the Pu Biozone, exist in the east of the MVS and in parts of the Cockburnspath Outlier (Dunbar-Oldhamstocks Basin).

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1144/pygs.55.2.131
Programmes:	BGS Programmes 2008 > Geology and Landscape Scotland BAS Programmes > Other
ISSN:	0044-0604
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Date made live:	17 Aug 2012 15:14 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19277

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1144/pygs.55.2.131

Programmes:

BGS Programmes 2008 > Geology and Landscape Scotland
BAS Programmes > Other

ISSN:

0044-0604

NORA Subject Terms:

Earth Sciences

Date made live:

17 Aug 2012 15:14 +0 (UTC)