Environmental Significance of Palynomorphs from Lower Eocene Sediments of Arkansas
- 27 October 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 134 (3487) , 1366
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.134.3487.1366
Abstract
Spores and pollen present in sediments of the lower Eocene Wilcox group in south-central Arkansas are mixed temperate and tropical genera. The source area is postulated to have been temperate highlands adjacent to a tropical coastal plain. A similar interpretation based on plant megafossils has been made. Hystrichosphaerids and dinoflagellates found in the sediments suggest a depositional environment of brackish water.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: