Palynology of Faroe-Shetland Basin well 205/26-1 between 2095.71 and 2103.91 m

As part of Phase 3 of the BGS Faroe-Shetland Consortium project on the Jurassic of the UK
sector of the Faroe-Shetland Basin, detailed logging of core from well 205/26-1 was undertaken.
Six core samples were taken for palynology between 2103.91 m and 2095.71 m in order to
provide age determinations and additional facies information. The five productive samples from
between 2095.71 and 2103.09 m are questionably assigned to the late Ryazanian to the earliest
Valanginian due to the presence of questionable specimens of the dinoflagellate cyst
Systematophora palmula. The rest of the palynoflora is consistent with this assessment. This
interval represents marine deposition.